Author Topic: SOLVED: WTH # 469 - 1911 Emerson Street Sweeper for the city of New York  (Read 625 times)

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Provide the year and make of this vehicle, and describe where it was used.

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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2016, 11:55:58 PM »
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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2016, 05:54:53 PM »
maybe a vehicle to pave the roads
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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2016, 06:23:07 PM »
Is it a street sweeping truck patented by Charles Brooks in USA ?

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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2016, 11:52:54 PM »
It is a street sweeping truck from the USA.  I find no indication the Brooks patent was involved.

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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2016, 08:40:57 AM »
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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2016, 08:56:13 AM »
1911 Emerson hybrid truck

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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2016, 09:16:58 AM »
LOCKED for ropat53.  Yes, this is a 1911 Emerson.

Where was this truck used?

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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2016, 09:50:47 AM »
New York City

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Re: WTH # 469
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2016, 08:05:43 PM »
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The 1911 Emerson Sweepers were leased to the city of New York.

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A rear view: