Lex Anteinternet: August 26, 1919. Pinto House to Willow Springs on the Motor Transport Convoy.

Monday, August 26, 2019

August 26, 1919. Pinto House to Willow Springs on the Motor Transport Convoy.

As the 1919 transcontinental Motor Transport Convoy was being received in Willow Springs, Nevada, the crew of an Italian warship was being received in Boston Commons.

On this day in 1919, the Motor Transport Convoy traveled from Pinto House to Willow Spring, making 44 miles in 8.25 hours.

Mention is made of the Mack "chain drive". During this period, and for quite some time thereafter, some vehicles used chain drives, like bicycles, rather than drive shafts, to convey the rotation of the engine to the axle.

By and large, however, the vehicles held up that day in spite of the conditions.

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