Alexander Winton
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Alexander Winton was a Scottish-American bicycle, automobile, and diesel engine designer and inventor, as well as a businessman and racecar driver. Winton founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company in
Winton at the 1903 Gordon Bennett trophy race in Athy, Ireland
Henry Ford
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Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through
Alexander Winton
…chief engineer for a position in the company. After interviewing him, Winton was unimpressed and did not to hire him. Three years later, in 1901, Henry Ford defeated him at a race at Grosse Pointe, Michigan. By 1908, Henry Ford had introduced the Ford Model T, which revolutionized automotive and American…
Henry Ford in 1888 (aged 25)
Henry Ford sits in his first automobile, the Quadricycle, in 1896.
Henry Ford with Thomas Edison and Harvey S. Firestone. Fort Myers, Florida, February 11, 1929.
Ford assembly line, 1913