Trucks have been around quite a while, coming along shortly after “horseless carriages” arrived in the U.S. in the 1890s. In fact, the first semi-truck was built prior to 1900.
How? Where? Who?
The Winton Motor Carriage Company was founded in 1896 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Alexander Winton, a Scottish-American designer and inventor.
Alexander Winton. (Photo: intrans.iastate.edu)Winton began the Winton Bicycle Company in 1891, but changed from bicycle production when automobiles began to appear....