Visit Heritage Park
1900 Heritage Dr. S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2V 2X3
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Phone: 403.268.8500
1915 Cadillac Tow Truck
Open Now
Hours of Operation
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Monday
Closed
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Tuesday
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Wednesday
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Thursday
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Friday
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Saturday
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Sunday
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Exhibit Details
Category
Antique Car
About the 1915 Cadillac Tow Truck
This Cadillac was retrofitted in 1922 as a tow truck. In fact, the very first tow truck was a Cadillac. In 1916, Ernest Holmes helped to rescue a Model T from a ditch. It took a whole day and six men to free it. Holmes thought there must be a better way. He mounted three poles to the frame of his 1913 Cadillac, added a pulley and ran a chain through it. The tow truck was born.