Dorsey Trailer Mfg. Co.

The Dorsey Trailer Company was founded in 1911, in the small town of Elba, Alabama – Elba was so named because one of the residents of the time was reading a book on Napoleon.  Napoleon was exiled to Elba and spent his last days there, but the name was used for the home town of one of the most respected names in trailer construction in the country.

The railroad reached Elba in 1892, and the Dorsey Trailer Company was situated right at the end of the line in 1911 as America became an increasingly industrialized country. Initially, Dorsey manufactured the “highway trailers” which served on roads and railways. Business was good, not least because there was a boom in containerization throughout the 20^th Century, but the fastest growth was achieved after the end of the Second World War.

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The Dorsey Trailer Company was founded in 1911, in the small town of Elba, Alabama – Elba was so named because one of the residents of the time was reading a book on Napoleon.  Napoleon was exiled to Elba and spent his last days there, but the name was used for the home town of one of the most respected names in trailer construction in the country.

The railroad reached Elba in 1892, and the Dorsey Trailer Company was situated right at the end of the line in 1911 as America became an increasingly industrialized country. Initially, Dorsey manufactured the “highway trailers” which served on roads and railways. Business was good, not least because there was a boom in containerization throughout the 20^th Century, but the fastest growth was achieved after the end of the Second World War.

Today, the Dorsey Trailer Company is a subsidiary of Pitts Enterprises (Dorsey was acquired in 2007), but it continues to operate from its base in Elba, AL though the company now occupies an 800,000 square feet facility.

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