Logan (automobile)
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The Logan Construction Company was founded in 1903 in Chillicothe, Ohio
. They were manufacturers of the Logan automobile until 1908.
was the first American automobile company to export trucks from the United States
when it shipped two delivery trucks to China in 1905.
The company produced Touring Cars and Roadsters. They tested their regular stock three-ton truck, delivering a load of canned goods in Cincinnati, Ohio
. One hundred cases were loaded in the truck and started from the factory at 1:00 pm in the afternoon, reaching Washington Courthouse at night, having made a distance 32 miles (51.5 km) in about four hours. One bad washout was passed "without difficulty." The next day, the journey was continued to Dayton, Ohio
, in the "midst of a pouring rain, which made the roads very slippery." The party started off for Cincinnati
at 7:00 am the next morning and the 62 miles (99.8 km) were "covered in good shape," the truck arriving at the garage of the Cincinnati Automobile Company at a little before 6:00 pm. According to the company; "not a tool had been touched to the truck during the trip, and most of the way had been made on the high gear."
An early advertisement in national magazine, Motor Age noted the automobile was "light, powerful, swift and silent" and that the Logan "Blue Streak" was a semi-racer. The engine was 24-horsepower and the vehicle was sold for US$1,750.
Another national advertisement stated that the engines were 2-cylinder opposed "as that gives the same power with half the parts, half the bearings and wearing parts and half the likelihood of getting out of order." The motto was "that car of quality."
Chillicothe, Ohio
Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha, meaning "principal town", as it was a major settlement of...
. They were manufacturers of the Logan automobile until 1908.
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Logan Construction Company of ChillicotheChillicothe, Ohio
Chillicothe is a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio, United States.Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The name comes from the Shawnee name Chalahgawtha, meaning "principal town", as it was a major settlement of...
was the first American automobile company to export trucks from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
when it shipped two delivery trucks to China in 1905.
The company produced Touring Cars and Roadsters. They tested their regular stock three-ton truck, delivering a load of canned goods in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
. One hundred cases were loaded in the truck and started from the factory at 1:00 pm in the afternoon, reaching Washington Courthouse at night, having made a distance 32 miles (51.5 km) in about four hours. One bad washout was passed "without difficulty." The next day, the journey was continued to Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, in the "midst of a pouring rain, which made the roads very slippery." The party started off for Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
at 7:00 am the next morning and the 62 miles (99.8 km) were "covered in good shape," the truck arriving at the garage of the Cincinnati Automobile Company at a little before 6:00 pm. According to the company; "not a tool had been touched to the truck during the trip, and most of the way had been made on the high gear."
An early advertisement in national magazine, Motor Age noted the automobile was "light, powerful, swift and silent" and that the Logan "Blue Streak" was a semi-racer. The engine was 24-horsepower and the vehicle was sold for US$1,750.
Another national advertisement stated that the engines were 2-cylinder opposed "as that gives the same power with half the parts, half the bearings and wearing parts and half the likelihood of getting out of order." The motto was "that car of quality."