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A fire on Nov. 13, 1908, destroyed nearly everything at the Shawmut Motor Co. factory in Stoneham, Massachusetts, just as the company prepared to expand production. The same day, Boston’s automotive press saw Ford’s Model T, foreshadowing the shift of the American car industry from New England’s small makers to Detroit’s mass production. Shawmut later entered a 1909 New York-to-Seattle race against Ford, which won before being stripped of the title for illegally replacing an engine; Shawmut ultimately failed to secure financing and faded away.
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