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Alexander Winton
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Winton was born in Grangemouth, Scotland. His father (also named Alexander) was a marine engineer, and young Alexander followed in his father's profession. He emigrated to the United States in 1879. For three years he worked at Delameter Iron Works, and for two years thereafter as a marine engineer on ocean vessels.BOOK, History of Cleveland, The Lewis Publishing Company, 439,weblink February 9, 2016, (File:WintonFactory.png|thumb|The Winton Motor Carriage Company factory covered 13 acres and employed 1200 workers in 1903.|left)Racing career
File:1903 Gordon Bennett Trophy. Athy, Ireland. Alexander Winton in the Winton Bullet 2.jpg|thumb|Winton at the 1903 Gordon Bennett trophy race in Athy, IrelandIrelandWinton was a pioneer in using racing to promote his automobile business, because of the attention racing garnered as well as the focus on technical innovation. One of his first famous races was against Henry Ford, which he lost in 1901. In 1902 he built the first of three custom race cars; all were called the 'Bullet'. Bullet No. 1 was the first car to win a sanctioned race at Daytona Beach, Florida. Bullet No. 2 was built for the Gordon Bennett Cup in Ireland in 1903. It was one of the first 8-cylinder automobiles built. It suffered mechanical difficulties and did not complete the race, although after being brought back to the United States Barney Oldfield drove it to a near-record {{convert|80|mph|kph}} at Daytona. Winton retired from racing, but built a Bullet No. 3 which Oldfield raced around the United States during his career.WEB,weblink Winton 'Bullet' No. 2, 1903, Smithsonian Institution, February 18, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160303123318weblink">weblink 2016-03-03, dead,Family
He married Jeanie Muir McGlashan (died 1903) in 1883. They had six children: Helen, James, Agnes, Jeanie, Cathrine, and Alexander. He married LaBelle McGlashan (died 1924) in 1906; they had two children: LaBelle and Clarice. He married Marion Campbell in 1927 and they divorced in 1930. In 1930, he married Mary Ellen Avery.WEB,weblink Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:WINTON, ALEXANDER, Ech.case.edu, 2014-03-23,Legacy
He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2005,WEB,weblink Alexander Winton, Automotive Hall of Fame, February 21, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160303173531weblink">weblink 2016-03-03, dead, and National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006.WEB, Alexander Winton,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160303213956weblink">weblink March 3, 2016, February 17, 2016, National Inventors Hall of Fame, The Winton Place Condominium in Lakewood, Ohio, was built in 1962 on the site of his former mansion.WEB,weblink History of Winton Place Condominium, February 19, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160302205601weblink">weblink March 2, 2016, dead,References
{{Commons category|Alexander Winton}}{{Reflist}}Sources
- Thomas F. Saal, Bernard J. Golias Famous But Forgotten: The Story of Alexander Winton, Automotive Pioneer and Industrialist, Golias Pub., 1997, {{ISBN|9780965378512}}
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