Exide was originally a brand name for batteries produced by The Electric Storage Battery Company and later became Exide Holdings, Inc. doing business as Exide Technologies, an American lead-acid batteries manufacturing company. Exide Holdings manufactured automotive batteries and industrial batteries. Exide Holdings is based in Milton, Georgia, United States.
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1919 Willard Service Station for battery-powered automobiles and employees of the Washington Battery Co., 1623 L Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
London Transport RT Bus with 1950/60s period Exide Advertisements
Nickel-iron batteries, originally developed in 1901 by Thomas Edison, manufactured between 1972 and 1975[citation needed] under the "Exide" brand.
Vernon is a city five miles (8.0 km) south of downtown Los Angeles, California, the nearest separate city to downtown Los Angeles. The population was 112 at the 2010 United States Census, the least of any incorporated city in the state. Its population nearly doubled to 222 by the 2020 census, making it the second least populous city in the state after Amador City, whose population grew only slightly—from 185 in the 2010 census, to 200 in the 2020 census.
The Vernon water tower in April 2009
The Battle of La Mesa was the last battle fought between the Americans and the Californios during the Conquest of California
Inspection of slag heap at the Exide facility, April 2014
Vernon City Hall