Sandusky Gas and Electric Company Truck

Pictured above is a truck that was used by the Sandusky Gas and Electric Company about 1920. The vehicle was a Clydesdale, made in Clyde, Ohio. Between the years of 1917 and 1938 the Clydesville Motor Truck Company in Clyde, Ohio, built trucks and truck bodies. The Sandusky Gas and Electric Company was acquired by the Ohio Public Service Company in 1924, and taken over by the Ohio Edison Company in 1950. In a want ad that appeared in the March 23, 1920 issue of the Sandusky Register, the construction division of the Sandusky Gas and Electric Company were looking to hire employees at a rate of fifty cents hour. The ad promised steady work to those who applied for the job. To learn more about the Clydesdale Motor Truck Company, see the Ohio Memory Project. A search for the term Clydesdale results in several images of Clydesdale vehicles.