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Marker Details
- Title, side A
- The Mills of Gates Mills
- Title, side B
- Same
- Sponsors
- The Village of Gates Mills and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- 7580 Old Mill RoadGates Mills, 44040
- Location
- SE corner of Old Mill Road and Epping Road
- Latitude
- 41.5174460
- Longitude
- -81.4055000
- Subjects
- Automobiles, Dayton
Picture Details
- Title
- Car with Kettering's Self-Starter (Om3064)
- Caption
- Kettering invented the self-starter in 1911, revolutionizing the automobile industry. Prior to Kettering's invention, cars had to be started by hand by turning a large crank in the front of the car. (State Archives Series 741, Box 4)