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Overhead Door Corporation Turns 100!

Posted by Overhead Door Expert on Jan 20, 2021 3:38:00 PM


As an official distributor, today we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Overhead Door Company™!


The History of the Overhead Door

Did you know that the overhead garage door was invented by our founder, C.G. Johnson, in the year of 1921?

Henry Ford introduced the very first inexpensive and reliable car in the early 1900s. It was known as the Model T. From here, other car makers began to make affordable cars, which allowed more people to own cars.

In the past, people would keep their carriages and their horses in their carriers. These carriage houses were gradually replaced with garages as more and more people bought vehicles. At the early stages, garages had side panel doors that worked but not in the most convenient way as those doors needed twice as much space to open.

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Flat Iron School - Conference Room Garage Door

Posted by Jai Patel on Jan 23, 2016 2:04:33 PM

The Flat Iron School is NYC's premiere computer programming school.  The top tech firms like Google, Twitter and Yelp recruit from this school every year.

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