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and lowering each blade, and considerably more rugged construction. By 1909, the spreader was being built on a steel-framed car body instead of the wood used in earlier models, and a plow was mounted on the front, with an extension in front of that for shifting material across the track from side to side. Shortly after this, Jordan added a pneumatic system for rapidly and automatically extending and retracting the side blades. At this point, the primary purpose of the Jordan spreader was spreading
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