The image above is an old engraving of a scene at one of the most important places in American history, the McCormick reaper works in Chicago, in the early second half of the 19th century. It was there that the building of complicated products with interchangeable components on a very big scale got underway, establishing […]
Word comes to us, by the institution’s announcement, that the Golden Age of Trucking Museum in Middlebury, Connecticut, will close at the end of this month. According to an e-mail disseminated by director Kathleen Jones, the collection will close next Tuesday, July 20th, following a cruise-night, unless a new funding source is found between now […]
We received word last week (and noticed on their website) that the Golden Age of Trucking Museum in Middlebury, Connecticut, is just a week from closing its doors permanently unless it can secure enough funding between now and then to remain open. As Hemmings Motor News readers will recall, I profiled the museum back in […]