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Reuben Stanley Smith
Reuben Stanley Smith, or Stan as his friends and family called him, was a remarkable American inventor. Stan is known as the inventor of record for various machines and equipment because of patents he filed during his lifetime. However, he also worked on many other projects whereby patents were either not filed or the U.S. […]
Read more »Smith Motor Wheel Party Favor Survives
/On January 16, 1915, the A.O. Smith Corporation hosted a party in the Red Room at the Hotel Pfister in Milwaukee to honor those directly involved with the Smith Motor Wheel. To commemorate the occasion, a party favor was handed-out as a keepsake. The gentlemen seated at the table in the above photograph at […]
Read more »The Smith-Milwaukee Motor Truck
R. Stanley Smith was the designer of a heavy-duty truck manufactured by the A.O. Smith Corporation during the years 1912 through 1915. The Smith-Milwaukee motor truck was offered in three models: 2-ton, 3-1/2 ton, and 6 ton. It incorporated several unique features, some of which included a herringbone geared transmission, worm-gear “final drive,” and […]
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