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Great Dane, formerly known as Great Dane Trailers, is a Chicago, Illinois based manufacturer of truck dry van, refrigerated van and flatbed semi-trailers.Established in 1900 by J.P. Wheless and T.H. McMillan as the Savannah Blowpipe Company [1] in Savannah, Georgia, it has gone on to become one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial truck trailers.
The museum was dedicated on 3 July 1982, at the time being housed in two trailers previously used as classrooms on the base. [4] In 1989 it received a P-63 restoration project from the New England Air Museum. [5] The museum closed for renovations in 1996 and reopened two and a half years later in a larger building. [6]
In 1989, Checker Motors and Checker Holding Company were involved in a reverse acquisition with International Controls Corporation (Great Dane Trailers), and the company later changed its name to CRA Holdings. The company was reorganized in 1995 into three wholly owned subsidiaries: Yellow Cab (owns and leases taxicabs in Chicago), Chicago ...
A company bought in the acquisition, Great Dane Trailers Inc., became ICC's sole remaining subsidiary after further holdings were sold off in 1988. [ 8 ] In 1989, Goldberg engineered the reverse takeover of Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan , leaving ICC in control of two subsidiaries, Checker Motors and Great Dane Trailers.
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Great Danes are one of the largest and most recognizable dog breeds, thanks to cartoons like Marmaduke and Scooby-Doo. Despite the name, they are actually a German breed, and were originally ...
Incidentally, the tallest dog ever recorded in human history is another Great Dane with the same name. Receiving his record way back in 2008, 155-pound Zeus measured 44 inches, reaching a whopping ...
Pines Trailer (Choachbuilt) details about company Great Dane was merged with in 1997 Timpte Bros. (Coachbuilt) This is also a company that probably warrants a page of its own. Great Dane bought one of their plants. Coachbuilt, already cited, more info still available. Georgia Historical Society via Galileo