cedar rapids factory

I just remembered that when I was young.hearing about allis chalmers plant in cedar rapids iowa.i don't ever remember hearing what was built there.
 
They made scrapers in CR. Allis-Chalmers bought out LaPlante-Choate Company in the early 50's ??
 
I never knew that. I have a military scraper made by LaPlante Choat.
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Yes, It is at corner of 1st avenue and about 36th St.

The site is now occupied by Raining Rose, that makes custom lip balm. They found an old dozer buried there when they excavated for the new plant, it is sitting out front now.
 
Mike, IIRC that is a CAB-1 (?) made for Army use with the Clark Airborne crawler of WWII fame. Check syltech.net (Ray Rigaud's site) for pics of a restored one. Very collectible!
 

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