(HAER; Satellite, the initial buildings may have been along Berea Road east of Madison Avenue; Satellite, but the buildings in the screenshot below have been replaced by a Amazon warehouse and parking lot.)
I knew that Winton developed large engines. I did not know that it started as a bicycle and then a car manufacture.
"Significance: Early auto maker; the nation's largest
in 1899. Culmination of manufacturing
methods and plant designs. Developed during
Cleveland auto industry's first stage." [HAER_data]
The auto industry was just starting in 1899 because Winton was the largest with a sale of just 100 gas-powered cars.
Se UtahRails for a move comprehensive history of Winton Engine Co.
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| 18:25 video @ 4:28 HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,25A--2 [The caption is wrong] |
I first learned of Winton when studying EMD because GM bought the company for their diesel engine expertise. Winton had been producing diesel engines for marine applications. GM and Winton engineers jointly developed the 201A 2-stroke diesel engine for the locomotive application.
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Note all of the line-shaft belts in the bay on the right.
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| HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,25A--1 [The caption is wrong.] |
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| 10:23 video @ 0:52 Winton moved to Cleveland in 1884 and founded Winton Bicycle Co. in 1891. |
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| @ 3:25 Winton sold 20 cars in 1898. He invented the first semi "hauler" in 1898 to help deliver his cars. |
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| @ 7:52 In 1912, Winton founded the Winton Gas Engine and Manufacturing Co. to produce large marine engines. He quickly switched from gas to diesel and produced the first American diesel engine in 1913. |
In 1934, Winton powered the first train pulled by an American-diesel locomotive.
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| @ 8:56 Winton diesels were used in a lot of submarines plus other Navy ships. But demand plummeted after the war. GM closed the Cleveland plant in 1962. |
This was the first prototype that Winton built in his bicycle shop.
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| ClevelandHistorical |
I think this is what he produced during 1898 when he sold 20 cars.
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| AmericanHistory |
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| TheHenryFord, cropped |
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| HeritageMuseumAndGardens "He introduced his first “motor wagon” in 1896, then became the first American manufacturer to sell a car to the general public in 1897. A Winton was the first car to cross America from coast to coast in 1903. The company’s motto was “It Will Go.” "This car is one of exactly 100 that were produced by Winton in 1899, which was considered a remarkable example of mass-production at the time." |
Winton did the first car reliability demonstration trip in 1897 from Cleveland to New York. He was disappointed by the small amount of publicity that it received. So, in 1899, he made a second trip that was sponsored by the Cleveland newspaper Plain Dealer. He was "accompanied by reporter Chas. B. Shanks, who sent daily reports of the trip to about 30 newspapers....Shanks's reports of the trip are credited with firmly establishing the French term "automobile" in the American language over rival terms used to describe the new vehicles. Winton and Shanks attempted to be the first persons to drive across the country in 1901, again sponsored by the Plain Dealer. Leaving San Francisco on 20 May 1901, they were forced to give up the journey 31 May when their car became stuck in the desert sands near Imlay, NV. A Winton automobile did make the first successful cross-country drive in 1903 but neither Winton nor Shanks was involved in that journey." [case]
Most HAERs are accurate, but the report for Winton has several errors. For example, the captions for the first two photos are switched. But the really bad error is that they don't have photos of the buildings that are in the top screenshot of these notes. Were the buildings torn down before they were documented? The buildings for which they do have photos are extant on the north side of Berea Road.
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| Street View, Aug 2024 |
I got this aerial photo to confirm that the buildings in the top screenshot were probably south of Madison Ave. I think the intersection in the lower-left corner of the top screenshot is 10th Street and Berea Road and that we are looking a little south of East in that photo.
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| Apr 1, 1952 @ 24,000; AR1PI0000020003 |
One of the industrial spurs that served the factories along 10th Street still serves ASK Chemicals. I put a red cross on that spur on this map.
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| 1953/55 Lakewood Quad @ 24,000 |
