1984 Peterbilt Tractor
date: label: date made
content: 1984
label: used date
content: 1984-1987
name: label: maker
content: Peterbilt Motors Company
notes: label: Description
content: This Peterbilt single-sleeper tractor was owned by Werner Enterprises, a national freight carrier founded in 1956. As high speed, limited access highways were built, demand to move small goods created opportunities for trucking companies and truck builders. Tractor-trailers replaced freight trains for many types of products. Peterbilt began making log and lumber trucks in the late 1930s and was known for tailoring its custom designed trucks to the needs of truckers. Peterbilt also pioneered the use of aluminum, which allowed greater cargo weight within legal limits. Model 359, one of Peterbilt’s workhorses, was manufactured from 1967 to 1987.
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Work
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Werner Enterprises, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0008.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0008
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0008.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tractor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 ft x 8 ft x 25 1/16 ft; 3.7338 m x 2.4384 m x 7.64438 m