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Last week’s trivia answer

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I trace my roots back to the 1874 founding of a machine shop in Milwaukee. I began by making metal parts for baby carriages. Within a few decades, I was the world’s largest maker of bicycle parts. By 1910, I was also North America’s largest maker of automobile frames, supplying Ford, Cadillac, Oldsmobile and more. In 1921, I launched the world’s first fully automated automobile frame assembly plant. I was innovative in fusing glass to steel, and I patented a glasslined water heater in 1936. Today, I’m a global water technology leader, offering water heaters, boilers, and water purificati­on equipment. Who am I? (Answer: A.O. Smith)

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