After Prest-O-Lite’s second explosion, Indianapolis officials reluctantly agreed it could continue operations at the recently built South Street facility as the construction of the new River Road facility continued. As part of the agreement, Prest-O-Lite agreed not to have a large number of calcium carbonate tanks near the filling area. ...
Carl Fisher
You Ruined My Sauerkraut!
While Jim Allison and Carl Fisher were both successful businessmen, their lives were changed when Percy “Fred” Avery walked into Fisher’s automobile dealership in 1904 and showed him the contraption that would become the first reliable source of power for automobile headlights. They formed the Concentrated Acetylene Company to produce ...
The Miami 12 Engine
Carl Fisher, Jim Allison and Arthur Newby enjoyed racing their Purdy Boat Company cruisers on the Great Lakes and while wintering in Miami Beach. To get a competitive advantage, they wanted a very powerful engine. The solution was just down the street from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at Allison Engineering ...
Boat Building at IMS
As inconceivable as it might sound, for a short time boats were built in the infield at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Carl Fisher loved to race. It didn’t matter if it was bicycles, automobiles, or boats. His obsession with boat racing initially resulted in him having speed boats and cruisers ...
Montauk
By 1922, Carl Fisher had left Indianapolis. He had a palatial Miami Beach home and his Indianapolis home had been leased to the Boys Preparatory School, later Park School for Boys. He had moved his office from Indianapolis to the Heckscher building at 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in New ...