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The CARS Program was implemented by the Department of Trade and Industry in order to attract and encourage new car companies to produce vehicles in the Philippines [15] and stimulate demand and impose industry regulations that will restore the country's automotive industry, and make the country a regional automotive manufacturing hub, [16] and ...
Carter Brothers offered very competitive prices using local materials to minimize transportation costs. Most cars were expertly assembled from Douglas fir and redwood lumber. Iron castings were made by foundries in San Francisco, Newark, Vallejo, and Santa Cruz; but the company used only higher quality eastern wheels from Whitney or Taylor. [4]
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Carter was a personal friend of Cadillac founder Henry Leland, and his unfortunate death prompted Leland to urge Charles Kettering's development of the Self-Starter (introduced in 1912), the first successful motor vehicle electric starting system, thus eliminating the dangerous crank. An ad for the 1912 Cartercar states that it includes a self ...
The straddle carrier was invented by H. B. Ross in 1913 as a road-going vehicle that could easily transport lumber around mills and yards. [1] Lumber was stacked on special pallets known as carrier blocks ; the carrier would then straddle the stack, grasp and lift the carrier block, and drive off with the load. [ 2 ]
The scene was caught on dashcam and shows what appears to be a flurry of 2x4s flying towards vehicles before colliding with Gooderham's. ... Video shows wood load flying from lumber truck, running ...
The Carter Brother's business lasted until 1902 during which time they built over 5,000 railroad cars mainly for narrow gauge lines. They also built cable cars and in later years 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge equipment. Their rolling stock was used on railroads all over the western United States, Hawaii, and Latin and South America.
Billionaire entrepreneur and top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, touted that he has reaped the benefits of a controversial class of weight-loss drugs, after fellow top Trump ...