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Signature. Alexander Winton (June 20, 1860 – June 21, 1932) was a Scottish-American bicycle, automobile, and diesel engine designer and inventor, as well as a businessman and racecar driver. Winton founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company in 1897 in Cleveland, Ohio, making the city an important hub of early automotive manufacturing.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
- June 20, 1860, Grangemouth, Scotland
- Winton Motor Carriage Company
Apr 16, 2024 · Alexander Winton (born June 20, 1860, Grangemouth, Stirling, Scot.—died June 21, 1932, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) was a Scottish-born American pioneer automobile manufacturer who put thousands of “Winton Sixes” on the road.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Inducted 2005. 1860 - 1932. The forgotten forefather of the American automobile. Alexander Winton successfully convinced the American public that automobiles were more than a passing fad. Born in 1860 in Grangemouth, Scotland, Winton was a Scottish immigrant who came to New York at the age of 19.
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"Famous But Forgotten: The Story of Alexander Winton" by Clevelanders Thomas F. Saal and Bernard J. Golias details Winton's fascination with motion and power, from his beginnings as a bicycle manufacturer on Cleveland's West Side to his design and development of high-end automobiles.
Sep 23, 2018 · A happier tale exists with the biography of Alexander Winton, born in 1860 on the banks of the Strathclyde, who came to America at the age of 19 to seek his fortune. As leading lights of the car industry go, he's not well known.
- Jim Donnelly
Winton held more than 100 patents in automobile design. National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee Alexander Winton built automotive applications for regular sale to the public, predating Henry Ford's car by more than five years.
WINTON, ALEXANDER (20 June 1860-21 June 1932), automobile developer and popularizer, was born in Grangemouth, Scotland, to Alexander and Helen Fea Winton. He came to the U.S. at 19, and worked in Delameter Iron Works and a marine engine shop before arriving in Cleveland in 1884.
