1920s Galion Iron Works Road Machinery catalog – COLOR reprint

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The Galion Way, Number Twenty
, originally published by The Galion Iron Works and Mfg. Co., Galion, Oh., circa 1920. Reproduced by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC, 2007. 5½ x 8½ paperback, 30 pages.
Please note this booklet is new, not used. It is a photocopy, not an original.
The Galion Iron Works Company was founded by David Charles Boyd in 1907, in the central Ohio town from which the company took its name. Galion’s first products included a wide range of road-building and other construction equipment, such as drag scrapers, plows, wagons, stone unloaders, rock crushers, and a variety of other "experimental machines". By 1911, Galion had settled the design of a light-duty, horse-drawn road grader, which entered serial production. The "Light Premier" was an early grader produced in 1915. It was billed as light enough for two horses, but strong enough for four. Its blade could be raised, lowered, angled, tilted, and shifted sideways, just like the blade movements on a modern grader.
Galion soon became famous for building some of the largest pull-type graders made for road construction. Popular throughout the 1920s and 1930s, these huge machines were pulled by the largest traction engines and crawler tractors available. These graders outperformed other motor graders of the day. Galion continued selling its pull-type graders until 1945, long after other manufacturers discontinued pull-type graders.
In 1922, Galion was one of the first companies to develop a self-propelled motor grader. The tractor engine and transmission were located in the rear of the frame, and the operator cockpit was located near the center of the machine. Also in the 1920s, development work began on one of Galion's greatest achievements- the Galion hydraulic control. Used on both pull-type and self propelled graders, this hydraulic system was one of the first to be applied to grader controls.
In 1955, Galion fitted its motor grader line with the first power-shift transmission, which became an immediate success. Called the Galion Grade-O-Matic drive, it utilized a torque converter, output shaft governor and power-shift transmission, providing simple two-lever control of speed and direction.
In 1974, Galion was acquired by, and made a division of, Dresser Industries, Inc.
This booklet is a photocopied reproduction of the original manual, and the very,
very
small margins in these copies are faithful reproductions of the extremely small margins in the original. Besides the cover being in color, pages 2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 have been reproduced in color.
Galion Triplex Adjustable Steel Road Drag
”Maintaining Good Roads,” by Frank W. Rogers, State Highway Commissioner of Michigan
Galion Standard Road Drag
Galion Ideal Steel Reversible Road Grading Machines
The New Galion Scarifier
Galion Premier Road Graders
Special Features of Galion Premiers
The Galion Light Premier Road Grader
The Galion No. 8 Premier Road Grader
The Galion Little Premier Road Grader
The Galion Giant Premier Road Grader
The Galion No. 10 Premier Road Grader
The Galion Portable Gravel Screening Plant
The Galion Unloader
Galion Guide Signs for Roads and Streets
Galion Road and Rooter Plows
Galion Vulcan Roadster
Galion Rooter Plows
Overhead view of physical plant of Galion Iron Works and Mfg. Co.
Galion Ideal Cast Iron Culvert Pipe