Sunday, November 10, 2013

Marathon Motor Works

Marathon Motor Works was an early automobile manufacturer based in Tennessee, grown out of an earlier company called Southern Engine and Boiler Works founded in 1889, which made industrial engines and boilers in Jackson, Tennessee. The firm had metal-working and power plant experience which could easily be transferred into the new and expanding automobile industry. From 1907 to 1914, the company manufactured the Marathon automobile.

If you watch American Pickers, you may have noticed that their location in Nashville is the building of Marathon Motor Works. I think this is really a perfect place for them to be, considering the history the building has.




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