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John Deere Moldboard Plow
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The John Deere Historic Site
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8334 S. Clinton Street
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Grand Detour
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On this site in 1837 John Deere built the first successful self-scouring steel plow, thereby making a significant contribution to the development of American agriculture. Dedicated by American Society of Agricultural Engineers 1976

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Courtesy Flickr/Dwight Sipler (CC BY 2.0)
Image Caption
moldboards of a modern plow

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