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This Day In Automotive History
Saturday 1st January 1853 The world’s first practical steam fire engine, named Uncle Joe Ross after the city councilman who championed it, began service in Cincinnati, US. Invented by Abel Shawk and Alexander Latta it took nine months to build at a cost of $10,000. This steam engine had the capacity of the six largest…
Wednesday 15th December 1852 Ignaz Schustala obtained official permission to begin construction of a carriage factory in Olmutz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Olomouc, Czech Republic) – this enterprise would eventiually evolve into the Tatra automobile works.
Monday 16th February 1852 H & C Studebaker, a blacksmith and wagon building business, was founded by Henry and Clement Studebaker in South Bend, Indiana. They converted to car manufacturing, becoming one of the larger US independent car manufacturers. During World War II, Studebaker manufactured airplanes for the war effort and emphasised its patriotic role…
Sunday 8th February 1852 Born on this day, Frederick Samuel “Fred” Fish, American lawyer, politician and automotive manufacturing executive. Originally a successful corporation lawyer, he entered the Studebaker corporation through marriage and became the corporation’s president in 1909 and chairman of the board from 1915 to 1935. He is credited with introducing the manufacture of…
Sunday 3rd February 1850 Born on this day, Tobias John Martin Richards, South Australian coachbuilder and motor body manufacturer who founded the company that would eventually form the manufacturing base of Chrysler Australia Ltd.
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