Tag: automobile
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Motorizing The Fire Department — The Horse Must Go
New York City was seeing a lot of progress around this time. Just law week we saw advances in street cleaning but now we see an even more significant advance: motorized fire trucks. Fire Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo said the new fire trucks would cut casualties in half. That thrilling sight — three plunging horses drawing…
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Woman Meets Adventure In Motor Tour Of The World
In 1902, Harriet Clark Fisher and her husband were in a terrible train wreck. They were both pinned under tons of debris. Her husband died, but Harriet survived. She took over management of his iron works company, becoming the only woman manufacturer in America. China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wu Ting-Fang, called Harriet “the most…
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