Elwood Haynes
Elwood Haynes (1857 - 1925) was an American inventor, metallurgist, and automotive pioneer. In 1894, Haynes, along with brothers Elmer and Edgar Apperson built one of the earliest automobiles in the United States. His automobile company produced vehicles until the 1920s.
Haynes received patents on two alloys: stainless steel and stellite. He founded the Haynes Stellite Company in 1912 Kokomo, Indiana[1] which was bought by Union Carbide in 1920. After a series of various owners and now called Haynes International, it is again an independent company.[2] Haynes was an avid supporter of prohibition. In 1916, he ran for the US Senate on the prohibition ticket.
Haynes is the namesake for a World War II Liberty Ship, the SS Elwood Haynes.
Dec. 11, 1918
“A man’s work in life is not very great at best, when compared with the sum total of human effort, and after all, it is the good that we may be able to do for our fellow-men and not the glory of achievement that really counts.” Elwood Haynes [3]
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Elwood Haynes, Builder of one of the first automobiles, built his first car in the fall of 1893 and the spring of 1894 in Kokomo
Indiana. On July 4, 1894, it made a successful trial trip at a speed of about 7 mph. That car was given to the Smithsonian
Institute in Washington, D.C. in 1910. As Elwood Haynes started to build that first car he went to a local blacksmith and
inventer Benjamin Z. Hostetler to help him. Benjamin agreed to help with that first car. His name can be found stamped into
rearend of the back axle. He did not help with any other cars. due to prior commitments. That is when Elwood Hayens went to the
Apperson brothers.
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References
- ^ http://www.haynesintl.com/Heritage.htm
- ^ http://www.haynesintl.com/
- ^ http://www.haynesappersonfestival.org/
- National Museum of American History: America on the Move
- Haynes, Notable Achievements of Alumni of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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