Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
April 14, 1927 The first automobile to be manufactured by the newly formed Swedish manufacturer Volvo made its public debut. Volvo was established as a subsidiary of SKF, a bearing and seal manufacturing company based in the city of Gothenburg on Sweden’s western coast. In 1915, SKF had registered the trademark Volvo -- the Latin... Continue Reading →
March 21, 1869 Albert Kahn, who helped create a number of key transportation-oriented facilities and is widely regarded as the “father of modern factory design,” was born in Rhaunen in the Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany). When Kahn was 11, he and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Detroit. Kahn worked at... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 