CSPAN3 American Artifacts Motor City Exhibit July 14, 2024
Detroit has been the motor city capital of the world since 1915 when there were over 42 Companies Making cars and another 75 Companies Making parts. So, we had been, while other towns built cars, we built lots of cars. Prior to 1900, the detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing. A lot of it, based in building carriage bodies, but iron stoves, railroad cars, railroad wheels. Detroit understood the manufacturing process, but also understood how to deal with steel, iron, wood, rubber. ...
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