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The Deschaum Motor Car Co., founded 1908 in Buffalo, New York, was the earliest ancestor of what would eventually become Checker Motors. [2]: 66 With new investors, ownership, and locations, the name changed in succession to the De Schaum-Hornell Motor Car Co. of Hornell, New York (1908–10), the Suburban Motor Car Corp. of Ecorse, Michigan (1911), the Palmer Motor Car Co. (1913), Partin ...
Morris Markin bought out Cord's interest in Checker Cab and was able to secure complete control of Checker. A-C-D eventually folded in the wake of the stock scandal but the now-independent Checker continued to produce taxicabs. Between 1929 and 1942, when production was suspended for World War II, Checker Cab made 29,260 cabs. [14]
The Checker Model A is a taxicab produced by Checker Motors Corporation. The Model A was introduced mid- model year in 1939, and was built in 1941, when Checker switched over to wartime manufacturing , as did the rest of the automotive industry .
The last New York City Checker cab retired in 1999, operated by Earl Johnson from 1978 onwards. The Marathon covered nearly one million miles and had three engine replacements over the years. [8] [9] Most films set in New York City in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s will show a Checker Marathon.
Illinois Route 203 (IL 203) is a 9.51-mile-long (15.30 km) north–south state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from just south of I-55 / I-70 / US 40 around Gateway International Raceway at Collinsville Road (former US 40) in Fairmont City , north to I-270 near Pontoon Beach .
Illinois Route 137 (IL 137) is a 23.49-mile-long (37.80 km) state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from the Wisconsin state line north of Winthrop Harbor south to North Chicago , west to Libertyville , and then back northwest to Grayslake , terminating at IL 83 just south of IL 120 .
IL 162 has two lanes except around the Granite City Steel area and at I-55/I-70 and eastward into Troy. It is a main east–west artery between I-55 on the south, and I-270 on the north. The Illinois Department of Transportation is doing major work on IL 162 at the interchange with I-55/I-70 in Troy. The bridge that carries IL 162 over I-55/I ...
Illinois Route 111 (IL 111) is an 82.18-mile-long (132.26 km) north–south state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from Short Street (near Lake Drive and 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) northwest of Interstate 255 ) in Centreville to IL 104 in Waverly .