Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
October 22, 1925 A technological milestone for locomotives in the United States took place when the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) began using diesel-electric locomotive No. 1000 to switch freight cars at the Bronx Terminal in New York City. This 300-horsepower (304.2-metric horsepower) boxcab – also widely characterized at the time as an oil-electric... Continue Reading →
August 23, 1869 The Milburn Wagon Company was incorporated in Mishawaka, Indiana. The company’s founder was George Milburn, who had been born in England in 1820. Not long after his father’s death in 1835, he and the remaining members of his family left England for what was then British Canada. They settled in the province... Continue Reading →
July 27, 1888 In Boston, inventor Philip W. Pratt conducted a public demonstration of an electric tricycle that he had designed and was built by the manufacturer and electrical engineer Fred M. Kimball. As part of his demonstration, Pratt took the editor of Modern Light and Heat magazine for a ride on the new device around... Continue Reading →
