On the Mississippi riverbank in Western Illinois, Moline is part of the Quad Cities urban area that straddles the Illinois-Iowa state line. Moline is renowned for its manufacturing heritage, which can be traced back to 1848, when the inventor and entrepreneur John Deere (1804-1886) relocated his steam plow company here. More @Wikipedia
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