In the earliest days, roads were where horses pulled carts, but as cars came along, gravel gave way to cobblestones, which in turn disappeared as the modern roads were paved with tar. Roads became more durable, but that did not stop the intrepid traveler who wanted to explore more inhospitable terrain. The first four-wheel drive was created in Amsterdam in 1903. One of the first 4WD systems was developed for steam engines before cars were even invented. Most vehicles of the time were put to use in the military. If necessity is the mother of invention, then warfare is its father.
Around the time Henry Ford was building his first car, so was Ransom Olds, father of the famous American Oldsmobile. But it was Ford who would establish the forty-hour working week within his factories and introduce mass production via his moving assembly lines, heralding a new era for the industry.
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26 авг 2024
