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The St. Louis Auto Show is an auto show held annually in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] The first St. Louis Auto Show was held in 1907 at Forest Park Highlands; it was first held indoors at the Willys-Overland Building on Locust Street in 1917. [2] [3] Since resumption of the show in 1983, [4] it has been held annually at the America's Center ...
The mission of the club is: To promote the educational, social and professional advancement of its members; to assist community leaders, civic organizations and public agencies by providing advice on and giving support to issues which benefit the St. Louis community and to serve as a focal point of engineering activities in the St. Louis area by acting as liaison between the Club's many ...
The 1907 Dorris Motor Car Company Building is a factory and industrial warehouse located at what is now 4059 – 4065 Forest Park Avenue in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The building was originally constructed in 1907 as an automobile factory for the Dorris Motor Car Company and was modified in 1909 with the addition ...
The M1132 engineer squad vehicle (ESV) is the combat engineering variant of the Stryker wheeled armored fighting vehicle. It is issued to combat engineer squads in the US Army Stryker brigade combat teams. Models with the double V-hull upgrade are known as the M1257 ESVV.
Lee Hunter Jr. (1913–1986) was an automotive engineer. His inventions include the "Kwikurent" device for the rapid charging of a car battery, and a machine to balance car wheels while they spin. He founded Hunter Engineering Company in 1946.
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 ...
1904 Dyke-Britton 20 hp Combination Car. Dyke was the first American auto parts business, [citation needed] established in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1899 by A.L. Dyke (Andrew Lee Dyke). Dyke also sold early autos, kit car or assembled. [1] In addition to the Dyke name, the company also sold automobiles under the St. Louis and Dyke-Britton names. [2]
The Fire Department Division is a division of the St. Louis Public Safety Department. The St. Louis Fire Department is led by the Fire Commissioner, currently Dennis M. Jenkerson. [7] The Fire Commissioner and Chief is appointed by the Director of Public Safety and each bureau is commanded by a Deputy Fire Chief, who oversees the department's ...