Tuesday, June 23, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · Built in America
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
America didn't just write itself — it welded, riveted, paved, and circuited itself into shape. Five sites where the country physically learned to make things at scale.
- 01
Drop a pin on the Detroit-area Ford plant where the Model T moving assembly line debuted in 1913 — cutting build time from 12 hours to 93 minutes.
● West 11 Mile Road — Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
- Target
- 42.4895°, -83.1452°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the Pittsburgh river junction where Andrew Carnegie's steel mills made the U.S. the world's industrial heavyweight.
● Grant Street — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Target
- 40.4406°, -79.9959°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the Brooklyn end of the bridge that, when finished in 1883, was the world's longest suspension bridge and the first to use steel cables.
● Brooklyn Bridge — New York, New York, United States
- Target
- 40.7061°, -73.9969°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the Manhattan office where Thomas Edison's first commercial central power station lit New York's financial district in 1882.
● John Street — New York, New York, United States
- Target
- 40.7080°, -74.0061°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the lab where Edison invented the phonograph, motion-picture camera, and improved light bulb — 'invention as a business.'
● Park Way — West Orange, New Jersey, United States
- Target
- 40.7826°, -74.2390°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts