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Charles Kettering and Colonel Edward Deeds, two owners of the Moraine Develop Company, helped bring rapid change through the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company, or Delco, where they experimented with automobile starting, lighting, and ignition systems. After the invention of the self-starter, Delco manufactured those systems. In 1915, Kettering invented the Delco-Light set, which enabled isolated farms previously lighted by kerosene, candles, or gas, if available, to use electricity. These sets were manufactured at this site in Moraine, and the building was later used by the Frigidaire Company to manufacture self-contained refrigerators.
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Moraine, Ohio · United States
