Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Los Angeles (Maywood) Assembly was a Chrysler assembly plant located in the City of Commerce, near Maywood in southeastern Los Angeles County, California. It was an assembly location where vehicles were shipped by railroad in " knock-down kits " from Detroit, where they were locally assembled, combined with locally sourced parts.
Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri: Dirt — Ralph DePalma: 16.875 mi (27.158 km) — W. W. Brown: 7 August 5 Montamarathon/Potlach Trophy Race 288 mi (463 km) Pacific Coast Speedway: Tacoma, Washington: Board Sterling Price: Eddie Rickenbacker: NC: August 19 Speedway Grand Prix 50 mi (80 km) Speedway Park: Maywood, Illinois: Board ...
Polo Grounds (mid 1911–1957, 1962–1963) – Plaque marking its location, along with parts of old stairway down from Speedway. Apartment building on site. Apartment building on site. Yankee Stadium (1923–1973, 1976–2008; significantly altered 1974–1975) – Demolition completed in 2010 for public parkland.
Maywood is a gateway city in Los Angeles County. [6] At 1.18 square miles (3.1 km 2), [7] Maywood is the third-smallest incorporated city in Los Angeles County by area. [8] It is bordered by the cities of Bell on the south, Vernon on the north and west, Huntington Park on the southwest, and Commerce on the east.
Maywood Assembly or Los Angeles No. 1, was a Ford Motor Company assembly plant located in City of Commerce, southwestern Los Angeles County, California. History
Share of the Speedway Park Association, issued 10. March 1915 Car raced at Speedway Park. The history of the property in Hines, Illinois began in 1835, when the land was sold to Frederick Bronson by the United States government. The land was used for farming until 1914, when the Speedway Park Association purchased the 320-acre (130 ha) lot to ...
The car made its first outing on 16 June 1917 at the Chicago Board Speedway in Maywood, Illinois. [4] The engine failed after 10 miles (16 km), but it averaged 104 mph (167 km/h) up to that point. [4] The engine problems were ironed out the following week and on 25 June he defeated arch-rival Ralph DePalma three times on the Milwaukee dirt ...
The land that would house Maywood Park was purchased by Arthur T. Galt for $64,000 in 1922 (adjusted for inflation this was more than $968,000 in 2019). [3] Per a 1953 United States Tax Court ruling: "In 1931 the property was leased to the Cook County Fair Association, which constructed a spectators' grandstand and a one-half mile dirt oval track for harness races.