History
The history of the garage door could date back to 450 BC when chariots were stored in gatehouses, but in the U.S. it arose around the start of the 20th century. As early as 1902, American manufacturers---including Cornell Iron Works---published catalogs featuring a "float over door." Evidence of an upward-lifting garage door can be found in a catalog in 1906. Development of the door progressed from there. The first one-piece wood door in the U.S. dates back to at least 1935, to a man named Rhead. Leno Martin is credited with inventing one of the first one- piece overhead type garage doors in 1936.
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