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* In December 1906 International Harvester opened offices in Southwark Street, London, moving two years later to Finsbury Pavement. | * In December 1906 International Harvester opened offices in Southwark Street, London, moving two years later to Finsbury Pavement. | ||
* Expansion into Europe continued with the building of factories in Germany, France and Russia. | |||
* Following the merger of McCormick and Deering, United States dealerships insisted that they wanted to continue selling separate products. The outcome was that the McCormick dealerships sold the new Mogul tractors and the Deering dealerships sold the new Titan tractors. | |||
* The Type C Mogul was produced in 1909 followed by a number of revised models. | |||
* The Titan was produced in 1910 and upgraded models were produced over the next few years. | |||
* In 1917 the International 8-16 was produced. This tractor had the company's own four-cylinder engine and could be adapted for industrial work . | |||
* The 15-30 was introduced in 1921 in an attempt to compete with the Ford Model F. Although not as cheap as the Ford it still sold well over an eight year period. It was replaced in 1923 by the 10-20 model which was produced until 1939. | |||
Revision as of 21:15, 14 May 2007
The International Harvester Co was formed by the merger of the Deering and McCormick companies and the first tractor to bear the name was produced in 1906.
- Cyrus Hall McCormick was born in 1809 in Rockbridge County, Virginia in the United States.
- At the age of twenty two he redesigned his father's unsuccessful reaper and eventually patented the machine in 1834.
- Cyrus McCormick also patented a cast and wrought iron plough which was very popular with local farmers.
- Before long Cyrus McCormick purchased land on the north bank of the Chicago River in order to build a factory.
- The McCormick reaper won many awards from 1851 onwards including the Grand Council Medal at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in London.
- In 1881 won more prizes following a four day trial of his first twine binder at Derby, England.
- Williams Deering had established a harvester factory at Plano, Illinois. In 1880 he moved the factory to Chicago.
- In the late 1890s the Deering and McCormick families started to discuss a merger to the two companies and in 1902 this was finalised and International Harvester emerged.
- In 1903 a factory was built at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and in 1906 the first International Harvester tractor was produced. It was available in 10,12,15 and 20 HP capacity.
- In December 1906 International Harvester opened offices in Southwark Street, London, moving two years later to Finsbury Pavement.
- Expansion into Europe continued with the building of factories in Germany, France and Russia.
- Following the merger of McCormick and Deering, United States dealerships insisted that they wanted to continue selling separate products. The outcome was that the McCormick dealerships sold the new Mogul tractors and the Deering dealerships sold the new Titan tractors.
- The Type C Mogul was produced in 1909 followed by a number of revised models.
- The Titan was produced in 1910 and upgraded models were produced over the next few years.
- In 1917 the International 8-16 was produced. This tractor had the company's own four-cylinder engine and could be adapted for industrial work .
- The 15-30 was introduced in 1921 in an attempt to compete with the Ford Model F. Although not as cheap as the Ford it still sold well over an eight year period. It was replaced in 1923 by the 10-20 model which was produced until 1939.