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 of detroit. What we are looking at here looks very much like an oldfashioned wagon. We just do not have a horse in front of it. In fact the horses are sitting inside the vehicle. It says a motorized carriage, a horseless carriage. This was the very first car to operate on the streets of detroit. Charles brady king, not henry ford, Charles Brady king was the guy who designed this car, designed the
Detroit has been the motor city capital of the world since 1915 when there were over 42 Companies Making cars and another 75 Companies Making parts. 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, railroad cars, railroad wheels. Detroit understood the manufacturing process, but also understood how to deal with steel, iron, wood, rubber. Detroit had all of the talent and designers and toolmakers here, and the things it took to make an automobile. Why dont we go inside . Lets see the first car that traveled on the streets of detroit. What we are looking at here looks very much like an oldfashioned wagon. We just do not have a horse in front of it. The horses are sitting inside the vehicle. It is a motorized carriage, a horseless carriage. This was the very first car to operate on the streets of detroit. Charles brady king, not he