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A Tribute to
Kennecott, Alaska
1909 - November 10, 1938 - Kennecott, Alaska, United States
The last train left Kennecott on the tenth of November 1938, and everyone still there got on it. For twenty-nine years this camp in the Ala...
A Tribute to
The Cherry Mine Disaster
1909 - Cherry, Illinois, United States
Twelve men rode the cage down seven times. Six times they came back with somebody. The seventh time the engineer waited fifteen minutes for ...
The Story of
The Franklin Automobile Company
1902 - April 1934 - Syracuse, New York, United States
For thirty-two years, a factory on Syracuse's west side built cars with no radiator. Franklin's engines were air-cooled — no water, no pump...
The Story of
The Marmon Motor Car Company
1902 - 1933 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
The first Indianapolis 500 was won by a company engineer driving a car with a mirror bolted to it. Ray Harroun worked for Marmon. In 1911 h...
A Tribute to
The Overseas Railroad
1905 - September 2, 1935 - Islamorada, Florida, United States
It took seven years and more than fifty million dollars to build a railroad across the open ocean, and one afternoon to end it. Henry Flagl...
The Story of
The Thomas B. Jeffery Company
December 6, 1900 - 1916 - Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
A bicycle man bought a dead bicycle factory in Kenosha, and cars were built on that ground for the next eighty-six years. Thomas B. Jeffery...
The Story of
The Thomas Flyer
1900 - 1919 - Buffalo, New York, United States
In February 1908 six cars left Times Square to drive around the world. Three of them finished, and the one that won was built in Buffalo. T...

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