CSPAN3 American Artifacts Motor City Exhibit July 14, 2024
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 and building railroad cars, building railroad wheels. Detroit understood the manufacturing process, but also understood how to deal with steel, deal with iron, deal with wood, deal with rubber. Detroit had all of the talent and the designers and the toolmakers here, and the things it took to make an automobile. So why dont we go inside . Lets see the first car that traveled on the streets ...
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