Pictured here is the corporate headquarters of Caterpillar Inc. Peoria's main employer, Caterpillar Inc. , has laid off, bought out or retired about 34,000 workers globally over the past year as demand for its earth-moving equipment declined along with economic growth. Yet the city, three hours south of Chicago, is not suffering the same fate as other manufacturing towns in the U.S. "Rust Belt", like Detroit and Elkhart, Indiana, which have been hit hard along with their leading employers. Picture taken August 5, 2009. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 30 months ago

Pictured here is the corporate headquarters of Caterpillar Inc. Peoria's main employer, Caterpillar Inc. , has laid off, bought out or retired about 34,000 workers globally over the past year as demand for its earth-moving equipment declined along with economic growth. Yet the city, three hours south of Chicago, is not suffering the same fate as other manufacturing towns in the U.S. "Rust Belt", like Detroit and Elkhart, Indiana, which have been hit hard along with their leading employers. Picture taken August 5, 2009.

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