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In 1899, the company was incorporated as H.K. Porter Co., Inc and built a new plant at 49th and Harrison Street in Pittsburgh. Production peaked in 1906, with almost 400 locomotives built that year. Porter built their first gasoline-powered locomotive in 1906, and in 1915 they built their first fireless locomotive , using a large pressure ...
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate.As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism.
HKS, Inc. is an American international architecture firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas (US). History. The firm was founded in 1939 by Harwood K. Smith.