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Show Tiling Spades Are Made Exclusively in Iowa Town WEBSTER CITY, Iowa Three small towns in Iowa have been the home of the only tiling spade manufacturer manu-facturer in the world. Today the only manufacturer of the implement is located in Webster Web-ster City. It was invented over a half century ago near Anamosa, Iowa, tnd the first factory was located there. Later a plant was started in Perry, Iowa, and still later the plant it Webster City was started. According to A. G. Osmundson, head of the company manufacturing manufactur-ing the spade, it is strictly an Iowa product a bar or skeleton type spade. It is used where the soil is wet, muddy and sticky, such as drainage of swamps and sloughs. Being a skeleton type, it is easier to push into the soil and there is less surface for the mud to cling to and the air gets behind the load so it is easier to release it. |