Looking Back 100 Years: Firestone

CCJ Staff (CCJ)

Jan 21, 2014

Harvey Firestone invented the vulcanized rubber tire. By 1914, the company he founded was a leader in tire technology — a distinction it continues to hold 100 years later.

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