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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2016 => Topic started by: sixtee5cuda on March 12, 2016, 07:28:06 PM

Title: SOLVED: WTH # 469 - 1911 Emerson Street Sweeper for the city of New York
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 12, 2016, 07:28:06 PM
Provide the year and make of this vehicle, and describe where it was used.
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 18, 2016, 11:55:58 PM
Too complicated for the Experts.


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Open to everyone with fewer than 401 points.
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: thorax on March 19, 2016, 05:54:53 PM
maybe a vehicle to pave the roads
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: Hiawatha on March 19, 2016, 06:23:07 PM
Is it a street sweeping truck patented by Charles Brooks in USA ?
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 19, 2016, 11:52:54 PM
It is a street sweeping truck from the USA.  I find no indication the Brooks patent was involved.
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 24, 2016, 08:40:57 AM
Open to all
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: ropat53 on March 24, 2016, 08:56:13 AM
1911 Emerson hybrid truck
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 24, 2016, 09:16:58 AM
LOCKED for ropat53.  Yes, this is a 1911 Emerson.

Where was this truck used?
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: ropat53 on March 24, 2016, 09:50:47 AM
New York City
Title: Re: WTH # 469
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 24, 2016, 08:05:43 PM
One point awarded to ropat53

The 1911 Emerson Sweepers were leased to the city of New York.
Title: Re: SOLVED: WTH # 469 - 1911 Emerson Street Sweeper for the city of New York
Post by: Wendax on March 25, 2016, 02:58:51 AM
A rear view: