Dempster Dumpmaster
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The Dempster Dumpmaster, introduced in the 1950s, was the first United States commercially successful front loading garbage truck.
Built by Dempster Brothers, Inc of Knoxville, Tennessee
, they used the Dempster-Dumpster system of mechanically emptying standardised metal containers, which had been patented by the company in 1937. It had arms at the front that picked up a dumpster
and lifted it over the cab to tip it into the hopper. A rearward travelling compacting panel compressed the garbage stored in the truck, and was also used to push it out through a door at the back when it was being emptied.
Built by Dempster Brothers, Inc of Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, they used the Dempster-Dumpster system of mechanically emptying standardised metal containers, which had been patented by the company in 1937. It had arms at the front that picked up a dumpster
Dumpster
A dumpster is a large steel waste receptacle designed to be emptied into garbage trucks. The word is a genericized trademark of Dumpster, a American brand name for a type of mobile garbage bin...
and lifted it over the cab to tip it into the hopper. A rearward travelling compacting panel compressed the garbage stored in the truck, and was also used to push it out through a door at the back when it was being emptied.