This year is the 100th anniversary of the invention of the first refrigerated truck. Made for the ice cream industry in 1925 by American inventor, Frederick McKinley Jones, it meant that chilled ...

TH Two passengers of a box truck died in a fiery crash Sunday afternoon on Interstate 70 in Frederick County, police said.Maryland State Police said troopers were called around 4:10 p.m. to ...

Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1893 – February 21 ... Control Model A—the first automatic refrigeration unit for trucks. Although the Model A was too heavy for practical use, Jones ...

Until Frederick McKinley Jones came along, mobile refrigeration ... Frederick patented the first practical automated refrigeration system for trucks, and it revolutionized the shipping and storage ...

A black and white photograph of Frederick McKinley Jones, taken around 1950 with his invention, a refrigerated truck.

The first refrigerated truck was patented in 1939 by Frederick McKinley Jones, who co-founded Minneapolis-based U.S. Thermo Control, later renamed Thermo King. Jones’s improved Model C ...

Another National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee was Frederick McKinley Jones ... in Cincinnati. Jones invented the first successful mobile refrigeration devices for trucks and trains, keeping ...

James Frederick Jones (Fred, aka Freddy) died November 17, 2024 in a car accident in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A resident of Cedar Rapids, Fred was a passionate, well-known blues harmonica musician ...

James Frederick Jones (Fred, aka Freddy), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died November 17, 2024 in a car accident. Fred was a passionate well known blues harmonica musician, political activist, union member ...

This year’s ATHS American Trucking and Industry Leader Hall of Fame inductees were recognized at the American Truck Historical Society headquarters ... founder of Rush Enterprises; Frederick McKinley ...

TRU manufacturer’s first engineer, Frederick McKinley Jones, joins American Truck Historical Society Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony in Kansas City. The American Truck Historical ...

Conner Jones has been suspended one race by NASCAR following the driver intentionally crashing Matt Mills in Saturday's NASCAR Truck race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn ...