Episode#3 - McLaughlin Carriage Company
Today we take a look at the McLaughlin carriage company, as well General Motors (GM), and discuss their roles in shaping Oshawa as we know it today. Additional links for reading: https://industryinoshawa.wordpress.com/automotive/mclaughlin-carriage-company/ https://oshawamuseum.wordpress.com/tag/mclaughlin-carriage-company/ Oshawa Canadian Automotive Museum: http://www.canadianautomotivemuseum.com/
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A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1-8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The mode...
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