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2. George Roby Dempster - Wikipedia

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   Dempster is known for the invention of the Dempster-Dumpster, a now-commonly-used trash receptacle that can be mechanically emptied into garbage trucks. During the 1910s and 1920s, the Dempster Brothers Construction Company, operated by Dempster and his brothers, built a number of roads and railroads across the Southern Appalachian region. [ 2 ]

3. Dumpster - Wikipedia

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   The word "dumpster", first used commercially in 1936, [5] came from the Dempster-Dumpster system of mechanically loading the contents of standardized containers onto garbage trucks, which was patented by Dempster Brothers in 1935. [6] [7] The containers were called Dumpsters, a blending of the company's name with the word dump. The Dempster ...

4. Garbage truck - Wikipedia

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   In 1937, George Dempster invented the Dempster-Dumpster system in which wheeled waste containers were mechanically tipped into the truck. His containers were known as Dumpsters, which led to the word dumpster entering the language. In 1938, the Garwood Load Packer revolutionized the industry when including a compactor in the truck was ...

5. Old North Knoxville - Wikipedia

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   George Dempster, inventor of the Dempster-Dumpster and a mayor of Knoxville, lived in Old North Knoxville in the 1920s. [2] North Knoxville continued to grow until the 1940s, by which time most of the original residents had died or moved away.

6. List of people from Knoxville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   George Dempster (1887–1964), inventor of the Dempster-Dumpster, mayor of Knoxville; Guilford Glazer (1921–2014), real estate developer and philanthropist [4] Dee Haslam (b. 1954), CEO of RIVR Media; Jim Haslam (b. 1930), founder of Pilot Corp. [5] Jimmy Haslam (b. 1954), owner of the Cleveland Browns; Cal Johnson (1844–1925), saloon and ...

7. Dempsters - Wikipedia

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   In 1981 Dempsters replaced the arrow-shaped vane on the No. 12 mill with a diamond-shaped vane patterned after the company logo which was "Dempsters" superposed on a diamond-shaped background. After two years it was determined in the field that the new vane did not function as effectively as the old one, and the diamond-shaped vane was dropped ...