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FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: Winton Motor Carriage Company built the first US truck and semi trailer
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.
Winton began the Winton Bicycle Company in 1891, but changed from bicycle production when automobiles began to appear....