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The West Bend Company was a West Bend, Wisconsin, company from 1911 to 2001. The West Bend Company manufactured aluminum cookware and electrical appliances, but also made two-stroke cycle engines, including outboard boat motors. Art Ingels used a surplus West Bend engine to power the first kart.
West Bend: Long, 1-story Craftsman-influenced depot of the C&NW with baggage room on one end and men's and women's waiting rooms at the other. Probably a design of Frost & Granger, the depot was built in 1900 and served until 1971. [57] [58] 29: West Bend Downtown Historic District: West Bend Downtown Historic District: March 17, 2023
Nickey Chevrolet was originally established at 4120 Irving Park Road. When the Northwest Expressway (completed on 5 November, 1960, and later renamed the Kennedy Expressway) was constructed, Nickey Chevrolet moved to 4501 W. Irving Park Road in Chicago. Nickey Chevrolet eventually grew to a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m 2) facility.
In November 1911, Durant co-founded Chevrolet with race car driver Louis Chevrolet, who left the company in 1915 after a disagreement with Durant. [21] General Motors Company share certificate issued October 13, 1916. GM was reincorporated in Detroit in 1916 as General Motors Corporation and became a public company via an initial public offering.
West Bend has a country music station, WMBZ (92.5 FM) and a classic rock station, WRYU (1470 AM). The official newspaper of the City of West Bend is the West Bend Daily News. [109] The West Bend Booster is an independent, family-owned newspaper covering the area and has an office in West Bend. [110]
Boucher Manufacturing Company, an American toy company; R. v. Boucher, a 1951 Supreme Court of Canada decision that overturned a conviction for seditious libel in criticizing the government; In re Boucher, a 2007 U.S. criminal case raising the question of compelled production of cryptographic keys; Boucher (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
Its county seat is West Bend. [2] The county was created from Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and organized in 1845. [3] It was named after President George Washington. [4] Washington County is part of the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Chevrolet (/ ˌ ʃ ɛ v r ə ˈ l eɪ / SHEV-rə-LAY), colloquially referred to as Chevy, is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM).. Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant (1861–1947) started the company on November 3, 1911 [2] as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.