Caterpillar builds their Peoria HQ in 1960s

JACK BRADLEY/JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO In this October, 1965 photo, Caterpillar world headquarter's 5,200-ton steel framework can be seen. Beam-walking men and machines assembled the structure and finished the framework the following month.

JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO Caterpillar's expansion begins in downtown Peoria as shown on Nov. 21, 1963.

JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO Caterpillar's new office building's framework can be seen with downtown Peoria in the background in this January, 1966 photo.

JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO This photo from 1967 shows the East Peoria office where most of the Caterpillar administration building's personnel were located before construction of the new world headquarters in Downtown Peoria.

JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO Progress is made on Caterpillar's expansion in downtown Peoria as shown in December 1965.

JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO Caterpillar's uncompleted world-wide administration building as it was on Sept. 22, 1966. The exterior of the building is complete and safari granite and Indiana limestone were used for the covering. The building was completed the following year.

JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO Aerial view of Caterpillar's world headquarters building in November, 1965.

JACK BRADLEY/JOURNAL STAR FILE PHOTO Men can be seen working on the steel structure of the new Caterpillar world headquarters in downtown Peoria on October 23, 1965.