Before we left Chattanooga, Trish and I went for a visit at the National Museum of Towing and Recovery.
The museum is in Chattanooga because this is the home of Holmes Wreckers, the first custom-built wreckers created in the world. It is historically amazing and filled with beautifully restored towing and recovery vehicles.
Ernest Holmes invented and patented the first split-bar towing and recovery vehicle and started the business here. The museum also honors all those people who have lost their lives working in the towing and recovery industry.
That these vehicles have survived is amazing and the state of their restoration and preservation is admirable. They are truly functioning works of art as well as industry.
In addition, there is here a very large collection of toy wreckers from all over the world. This one wall contains more than 1,500 toy wreckers of all sizes.
An hour here is time well spent if you are passing Chattanooga on I-24. It is just off the Highway.
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