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Truck Town - A History of International Harvester in Fort Wayne

Truck Town - A History of International Harvester in Fort Wayne

This documentary takes you on a journey from when International Harvester made its first trucks in Fort Wayne in 1923, to Harvester’s contributions to the WWII war effort, on to the decades that trucks of all sizes — from heavy transport legends to the first SUV, the Scout — were designed, tested, and engineered in what became known as the “Heavy Duty Truck Capital of the World.”

Truck Town - A History of International Harvester in Fort Wayne

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Learn how Fort Wayne earned the reputation as the “Heavy Duty Truck Capital of the World." (1h 56m 53s)

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