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1899: American Car and Foundry (ACF) is formed from the merger of 13 smaller companies; 1899: ACF acquires Bloomsburg Car Manufacturing Company; 1901: ACF acquires Jackson and Sharp Company and Common Sense Bolster Company; 1904: ACF builds the first all-steel passenger car in the world for the Interborough Rapid Transit
The company was founded in 1891 [1] by William Sutton and Emil Alexander, who had previously founded the Laclede Car Company in 1883 also in St. Louis, and had both got their start working in the streetcar business at St. Louis' horsecar manufacturer, the Brownell Car Company. The American Car Company was a builder of electric powered
Without a dollar in his pocket, Russell E. Gardner left his home state of Tennessee for St. Louis in 1879. [4] Three-and-a-half decades later he was a multi-millionaire. Gardner had made it big in St. Louis by manufacturing Banner buggies before the turn of the century, and unlike many wagon builders, was well aware of what the automobile age ...
Crown Candy Kitchen is a fast food restaurant, ice cream fountain, and candy store located on St. Louis Avenue in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. This St. Louis landmark is the oldest operating soda fountain in the metropolitan area, and one of the oldest in the country. The restaurant has an old-fashioned decor ...
Car #32 - Moon - winning the 1909 Wheatley Hills Race. Moon Motor Car Company (1905 – 1930) was an American automobile company that was located in St. Louis, Missouri.The company had a venerable reputation among the buying public, as it was known for fully assembled, easily affordable mid-level cars using high-quality parts.
The Dorris Motor Car Company was founded by George Preston Dorris in 1906. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Dorris had built an experimental gasoline car circa 1896–1897 in his family's bicycle shop. He relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, where he joined with John L. French to found the St. Louis Motor Company. Dorris served as chief engineer. [1]
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1901 St. Louis at National Museum of Transportation. St. Louis Motor Carriage Company was a manufacturer of automobiles at 1211–13 North Vandeventer Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, founded by George Preston Dorris (later credited with developing and patenting the float-carburetor) and John L. French in 1898, with French taking charge of marketing and Dorris heading engineering and production.