The White Good Roads Truck of the Early 1900s

摘要

In the late 1880s, America's roads were rarely more than dirt tracks that were impassable in inclement weather. As bicycles and automobiles came into widespread use, the demand grew for roads capable of safely and efficiently handling the increasing traffic. The campaign to improve the nation's streets and highways came to be known as the Good Roads Movement, and was in its heyday in the 1910s and 1920s. Naturally, equipment manufacturers marketed machinery to contractors and government agencies for this undertaking. So too did White Truck Co., which in 1916 offered the Good Roads Truck, a heavy-duty vehicle designed specifically for road improvement projects.