Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1909/07/00 Through a series of meetings, Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering prove the value of their automobile ignition system to Henry Leland, the head of Cadillac. Genesis Deeds' Barn Kettering
1909/07/22 After frantic negotiations, Edward Deeds arranges a loan of $150,000 to capitalize the venture, evenly splitting the liability between himself and Charles Kettering, and formally incorporates Delco. Begun
1910/00/00 Delco, electrical engineers, is first listed in the Dayton City Directory, located in room 706 of the United Brethren Building, northeast corner 4th and Main Streets. Work United Brethren Publishing House Dayton, OH
1910/10/00 Still working out of Deeds' barn at 319 Central Avenue, in the fall of 1910, Charles Kettering recruits seven former NCR employees to work with him. Known as the 'Barn Gang', the group forms the beginning of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company. History Deeds' Barn Kettering Invention of the Starter Motor
1911/11/00 Again impressed, Henry Leland of Cadillac orders 12,000 self-starters from Delco Electronics Corp. History Deeds' Barn Kettering Invention of the Starter Motor
1912/00/00 After receiving an order from Cadillac, Delco rents a floor of the Beaver Power Building at 4th and St Clair and hires a dozen workers to build self-starters. Built in 1910, the structure will be later known as the St Clair lofts apartments. Office Fire Blocks Historic District Dayton, OH
1913/00/00 By early 1913, Delco has sold a total of 35,000 starting, lighting and ignition systems. The company's employ 1,500 workers operate out of the basement and two floors of a rented factory building on East First Street. Office Delco Building Dayton, OH
1915/00/00 Delco erects their second plant 340 E 1st Street in Dayton, later known as the Mendelson Building. Office Fire Blocks Historic District Dayton, OH
1916/05/11 Deeds and Kettering sell Delco to the United Motors Company. Both Deeds and Kettering will stay at their respective positions with Delco after the sale. End Delco Building Dayton, OH
1927/00/00 Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company has ceased to exist. End Delco Building Dayton, OH
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