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Nodwell
Nodwell may refer to: * Bruce Nodwell (1914–2006), Canadian inventor and engineer * Nodwell Peaks, Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica * Nodwell Indian Village; an archaeological site in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada * Nodwell tracked carrier, a caterpillar drive truck made by Robin-Nodwell Mfg. Ltd.; created by Bruce Nodwell * Robin-Nodwell Mgf. Ltd.; makers of the Nodwell tracked carrier; a company founded by Bruce Nodwell * Nodwell (UK), a British tractor company; see List of tractor manufacturers The following companies and organisations currently manufacture tractors. A * Action Construction Equipment, Ace (India) * AGCO Corporation (United States) ** AGCO Tractors, AGCO (US) ** AGCO Allis (Argentina, formerly (US)) ** Challe ... See also * Well (other) * NOD (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Nodwell
Bruce Nodwell, (May 12, 1914 – January 20, 2006) was a Canadians, Canadian inventor who invented the ''Nodwell 110'', a multi-purpose two-tracked vehicle capable of traversing a wide variety of adverse terrain, including sand, mud, muskeg, swamp, and snow. In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor, "for his contribution to the opening of the Canadian North through his inventions and development of various types of tracked vehicles". A mountain in Antarctica "Nodwell Peaks" and a lake in NWT bear his name. Early life William Bruce Nodwell was born on his father's homestead near Asquith, Saskatchewan, May 12, 1914. His unusual birth certificate read ''Section 22, Township 36, Range 9 west 3rd.'' As a youngster, his family lived in many small western Canadian towns, as his father was a grain elevator operator and trainer. They returned to Asquith, where his father ran a hardware store and later a Dodge car dealership in North Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nodwell Peaks
The Edgeworth Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing south-southwestwards from the edge of Detroit Plateau below Wolseley Buttress to the ice shelf west of Sobral Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Edgeworth Glacier is in Graham Land on the Nordenskjöld Coast of the eastern Antarctic Peninsula. It flows south from the Detroit Plateau, past the Sobral Peninsula to the east to enter the Weddell Sea. Mapping and name The Edgeworth Glacier was mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960–61, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Richard Lovell Edgeworth, the British inventor of the "portable railway," the first track-laying vehicle, in 1770. Features Bombardier Glacier . A glacier flowing southeast from the edge of Detroit Plateau, and through a deep trough to join Edgeworth Glacier. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by UK-APC for Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian engineer who dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Elgin, Ontario
Port Elgin is a community in the town of Saugeen Shores, Ontario, Canada. Its location is in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Originally named Normanton the town was renamed Port Elgin when it was incorporated in 1874, after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, a former Governor General of the Province of Canada. Although road signs indicate the name Port Elgin, it is no longer an entity, per se. In 1998, the Town of Southampton, Ontario, Southampton, the Town of Port Elgin and Saugeen Township were amalgamated to form the Town of Port Elgin-Saugeen-Southampton. On December 17, 1998, the Province renamed the new municipality as the Town of Saugeen Shores. Unlike "beach towns" such as Sauble Beach, this is a four seasons community where most businesses are open all year and activities for locals are available most months. The primary employment categories are agriculture, small business, tourism and work at the Bruce Power nuclear power station. Close to MacGreg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tractor Manufacturers
The following companies and organisations currently manufacture tractors. A * Action Construction Equipment, Ace (India) * AGCO Corporation (United States) ** AGCO Tractors, AGCO (US) ** AGCO Allis (Argentina, formerly (US)) ** Challenger Tractor, Challenger (US) ** Fendt (Germany) ** Massey Ferguson (US) ** Valtra (Finland) * Agrale (Brazil) * Agrinar (Argentina) * Al-Ghazi Tractors (Pakistan)(licensed/Fiat) ** Fiat Trattori *Antonio Carraro (Italy) *Arbos (Italy) * ARGO SpA (Italy) ** Landini (tractor), Landini ** McCormick Tractors ** Valpadana B * Basak Traktor (Turkey) * Belarus (tractor), Belarus (Belarus) * Bobcat (US) * Bombardier Inc., Bombardier (Canada) * The BCS Group (Italy) * Bolinder-Munktell (sweden) C * Carraro Agritalia (Italy) * Case Corporation, Case (US) * Case IH (US)(part of CNH Industrial N.V.) * Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) (US) * Chalion (China) * Challenger Tractor, Challenger (US)(part of AGCO Corporation) * Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Well (other)
A well is an artificial excavation, hole or structure for the purpose of withdrawing an underground resource, usually water Well may also refer to: Structures Used for resource extraction * Castle well, providing a protected source of drinking water * Oil well, a hole drilled through the Earth's surface for the purpose of extracting petroleum oil * Salt well, or brine well, used to mine salt * Well drainage of agricultural land by pumped wells Other structures * Air well (condenser), a structure or device designed to promote the condensation of atmospheric moisture * Clootie well, a place of pilgrimage in Celtic areas * Holy well, often pagan sacred sites that were later Christianized * Jacob's Well, of religious significance in the West Bank * Lightwell, in architecture, an unroofed space designed to allow sunlight to reach interior areas * Wishing well, a term from European folklore Places * Well, Hampshire, England *Well, Lincolnshire, a village in England *Well, North Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
