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Marathon Motor Works

12th Ave. N & Clinton St, Nashville, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 9' 53.645328", -86° 47' 44.344608"
  National Register of Historic Places

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
 
The Marathon Motor Car was manufactured there 1910-1914 by the Southern Motor Works (later called Marathon). Four models, all touring cars, were powered by engines of 4 cylinders, 30/35 hp & 6’s of 50 hp, with wheel-bases from 9’8” to 12’5”. The plant closed operations in 1914 due to financial difficulties but continued a parts & service business until 1918.
Marathon Motor Works was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 04, 1996.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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