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oct 8, 1899 - A.O. Smith builds America's first pressed-sized automobile frame in Walker's Point shop.

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Arthur O. Smith, son of the founder, develops the first pressed-steeled automobile frame in his family's old bicycle factory in Walker's Point.

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oct 8, 1899
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~ 126 years ago

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