Caterpillar Diesel Engine, 1930
date: label: Date made
content: 1930
name: label: maker
content: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This is the first mass-produced diesel engine ever made in the United States. The four-cylinder engine uses a variety of fuels, including furnace oil and generates 86.8 horsepower at 700 revolutions per minute.
label: Description
content: "Old Betsy" was employed to drive earth-moving equipment in the construction industry before its retirement in the mid-20th century. The transition from gasoline to diesel was preferred by manufacturers of heavy equipment due in part to the efficiencies available with the heavier classes of motor fuel, in addition to diesel's ability to run cleaner than ordinary gasoline.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Caterpillar Tractor Co. Peoria, Illinois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.335000
label: catalog number
content: 335000
label: accession number
content: 310685
label: serial number
content: 1-A-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engine, Diesel
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
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