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"Arthur C. Kent"

Arthur C. KENT: Manufacturer of the A. C. KENT corn planter, and builder of the KENT
block, La-Vista Flats and Kentmore Apartments (N. Parker Dr.), he is also the inventor and manufacturer of a widely used potato planter. KENT is reputed to have had the first steam-powered motor launch on the Rock River.
 
[From "Remembering those who helped shaped Janesville," The Janesville Gazette, August 14, 1985, p. 7K]
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