Ekubeni kwidolophu yaseNashville, ngaphandle kwe-Interstate 65, abapastile badlula kwiqela lezakhiwo ezinikezela kuphela amacandelo amancinci kwizikhundla zabo ezidlulileyo. UBarry Walker, umnini-mvume wezakhiwo, u-intshi engasetyenziselwa indlela yakhe, ukubuyisela izakhiwo ekuzukeni kwazo ngaphambili.
Isakhiwo esibalulekileyo sakhiwa ngo-1881 njengokuba "I-Millennium Cotton Mill" yaziwa nangokuthi yi-Nashville Cotton Mill. Ngowe-1910 isakhiwo sasingenamntu.
Ukutywala ngokunyanisekileyo kuJackson Tennessee, kwakuyinkampani yokuvelisa yaqala ngo-1874 phantsi kwegama; Inkampani yeSherman Manufacturing, yathengiswa kwakhona yaza yabizwa ngokuba yi "Injini yaseMzantsi kunye neMisebenzi yee-Boiler" Yayiquka ngo-1884, ivelisa i-essinjini nee-boilers.
Ngowe-1904, beye baba ngumenzi omkhulu kunabo bonke, ngohlanga. Ukwakha kwimpumelelo yeenjini zabo, nokuchuma kweenkampani zabo, ngo-1906 i-Southern baqala ukuveliswa kwemoto yabo yokuqala, eyenzelwe ngumyili-mandla uWilliam H. Collier.
Ngama-1910 iimoto ezi-600 zaveliswa phantsi kwegama le-Southerns.
I-Engine Engine kunye ne-Boiler Isebenza ngempumelelo kwimoto ibambe ingqwalasela yomntu ocebileyo waseNashville, u-Augustus H. Robinson, owayebuthe iqela lootyalo-mali abathengele ukwahlukana kweemoto waza wabuyela kwisakhiwo esingenamntu sasePhoenix Cotton Mill.
Kwafundwa ukuba omnye umvelisi wayevelisa imoto egama linguMzantsi, ngoko uWilliam Collier wabiza ngeemoto zakhe "iMarathon" ngokuhlonipha iOlimpiki ka-1904.
Xa ukufuduswa kwagqitywa, iMarathon yandisa umda wayo ukusuka kwi-Car Ao Touring yasekuqaleni, kunye ne-B9 Rumble seatside Roadster. Ngowe-1911 imizekelo emihlanu yayinikezwa, kwaye ngowe-1913 yayinyuka ukuya kuma-12 ahlukeneyo. Imoto yayiyimpumelelo epheleleyo kuluntu, kwaye imveliso yayingenakuhambisana nokufuna.
I-Marathon yayinabathengisi kuwo wonke umzi omkhulu eMelika; ngo-1912 bafumene amandla okuvelisa iimoto ezingama-200 ngenyanga, ngezicwangciso ezili-10 000 ngonyaka.
Nangona ikusasa lalibonakala liqaqambile kwiMarathon Motor Works, okwakubonwe emva kweemifanekiso kwakungekho nje.
Ngomnyaka we-1913 uWilliam Collier wafaka iindleko zokulawulwa kakubi kunye nabathengi abazange bahlawulwe. Le nkampani ibone abathathu boongameli kwiminyaka emine. Ngokutyalo-mali olubi kunye nezigqibo zolawulo, inkampani yayinokubaluleka kwezezimali. Ukuveliswa kweNashville kuye kwaphela ngo-1914. Ekugqibeleni umatshini wathengwa yi-Indiana Automakers, The Herf Brothers, owavelisa imoto enye iminyaka e-Indianapolis, phantsi kwegama likaHerf-Brooks. Ayaziwa ukuba ziphi na iiMarathons ezininzi, nangona iisampuli ezisibhozo kuphela ziyaziwa ukuba zikhoyo namhlanje.
Isakhiwo seMarathon seNashville sahlala sivulekile, sinezixhobo zamathambo ezivelisa izixhobo kude kube ngo-1918. Isakhiwo sahlala singenamntu kwada kwafika ngo-1922 xa kuthengwa yi-Werthan Bag Inkampani kwaye ngokugqitywa kwazaliswa umatshini wokukhwela ibhonki ye-cotton. Kwakhona wayenyamezele isabelo sawo semali. Ngowe-1917 inkampani yathengiswa kumtyalomali wase Cleveland, Ohio.
Ngomnyaka we-1918 idiza lokunikezela ngetye lathengiswa kwaye laziwa ngokuba yi-Southern Supply Company.
Ngowe-1922 iinxalenye eziseleyo zenkampani enye yayithengwa ngabanye ngaphandle kukaWilliam H. Collier; osebenza kwi-Southern Engine kunye ne-Boiler Works kude kuphele ukuphela kwayo ngo-1926.Barry Walker; Indalo yaseJackson ithenge izakhiwo zeMarathon zase-Nashville ngo-1990. Uye wafumana izakhiwo zaseMelika kunye neBoiler Works eJackson. UTennessee Wahlala ngaphandle kwezoshishino zezithuthi kuze kufike u-Nissan Motors (Smyrna) ngo-1981 kwaye kamva uSaturn Corp ( Spring Hill) ngo-1985. Namhlanje ukuzenzelela ngokuzenzekelayo yile shishini eli-10 elikhulu kunazo zonke eTennessee.