Backhoe The founder of the JCB company, Joseph Cyril Bamford, holds the honour of being the only non-American in the U.S. construction industry's hall of fame. The American company Hy-Dynamic, a division of Bucyrus-Erie, introduced the second purpose-built American-made backhoe loader in 1959, the Dynahoe Model A. It offered a 14,000 lb. operating weight, 14-foot dig depth, and was powered by either a 65 hp Continental flat-head "Red Seal" 6-cylinder gasoline engine, or starting in 1961, a Detroit Diesel 353 diesel engine. The gasoline engine was phased out in 1964, with only diesel-powered units produced from that point on. The company
Cyril Osborne Sir Cyril Osborne was a Stockbroker and company director. He was a past Master of the Framework, a Member of the Court of Assistants, and of the Bakers' Livery Company. He was also a member of the Pilgrims Society, and the English-Speaking Union. Cyril Osborne Sir Cyril Osborne (19 June 1898 – 31 August 1969) was a Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire, and a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Louth constituency in Lincolnshire from 1945 until his death. The son of Thomas Osborne in Nottingham, Cyril Osborne was educated at University College,