James Oliver (1823 to 1908) was an American inventor and industrialist best known for creating the South Bend Iron Works, later reincorporated as the Oliver Farm Equipment Company after his death. After buying a South Bend, Indiana foundry with partner Harvey Little in 1855, he began experimenting with improved farm plow designs, and sales of his popular Oliver Chilled Plow, for which he registered 45 patents in his lifetime, grew the company into one of the largest in Indiana and one of the world's largest producers of farm plows and horse-drawn equipment by the late 19th century.
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Defining ContributionInvented and patented the Oliver Chilled Plow, a rapid-cooled cast iron plow design, growing the South Bend Iron Works into one of the world's largest producers of farm plows and horse-drawn equipment. 1 In the Other Atlases
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James Oliver (August 28, 1823, March 2, 1908) was an American inventor and industrialist best known for his creation of the South Bend Iron Works, which was reincorporated as the Oliver Farm Equipment Company after his death.
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Driven by the sales of his popular Oliver Chilled Plow, for which he registered 45 patents during his lifetime, the company grew to become one of the largest in Indiana and one of the world's largest producers of farm plows and horse drawn equipment during the late 19th century.
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