July 12th 1904
Driver Harry Harkness won the first Mount Washington, New Hampshire, hill-climb race driving a 60hp Mercedes Benz on this day in 1904 and placed the record figures for the year at twenty-four minutes, thirty seconds in his $18000 imported Mercedes.
July 12th 1946
Spicer Manufacturing Company was renamed Dana Holding Corporation recently emerged from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
The company has 35,000 workers and is listed on the Fortune 500. Originally incorporated in New Jersey in 1904 as the 'Spicer Universal Joint Manufacturing Company', named after Clarence W. Spicer, engineer, inventor, and founder of the company. It was renamed the 'Spicer Manufacturing Company' in 1909. It relocated to Toledo, Ohio in 1928 and was renamed the Dana Corporation after Charles Dana, who joined the company in 1914 and became president and treasurer in 1916.
Its key products include axles, driveshafts, frames, and sealing and thermal-management products.
Harry Harkness
Harry Harkness in His Mercedes-Simplex
Dana Logo
Dana Factory
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