Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 12, 1919. 1919 Motor Transport Convoy, Sewickley to East Palestine, Ohio. 35 miles in 7.5 hours.

Friday, July 12, 2019

Saturday, July 12, 1919. 1919 Motor Transport Convoy, Sewickley to East Palestine, Ohio. 35 miles in 7.5 hours.

I don't know what the Garford was. Garford was a manufacturer of heavy trucks at the time, and they'd been one of the manufacturers of the Class B Liberty Truck, an Army designed heavy truck that had been used extensively in World War One.

There were Liberty trucks in the convoy, and this may have been one of them.

The Liberty trucks had 425 ci engine, which is big, but it only put out 52 hp. It had a top speed of 15 m.p.h.

That's right. 15 m.p.h.

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