Many industries operated from this building and helped put people in motion. Harroun Motor Car Company was the first, building more than 3,000 vehicles here from 1915 to 1922. From 1924 to 1927, Gotfredson Truck made heavy duty trucks and bus chassis in this plant. Graham-Paige built cars here from 1927 to 1936, and Bendix Corporation made World War II airplane engines and landing struts. After the war, GarWood moved operations to Wayne and became known for its hydraulic-lift dump trucks and garbage collection trucks. The location attracted manufacturers because of the two nearby railways. Ray Harroun, founder of the Harroun Motor Car Company, was a race car driver who won the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1911.