The INVENTION of the Garage Door

DID YOU KNOW? . . . A solution was needed for space and shelter in the early 1900’s with automobiles working their way into society.

In 1921 C.G. Johnson founder of the Overhead Door Corporation, in the USA, invented the Overhead Garage Door.

This door could be lifted upwards, folding parallel to the garage ceiling.

In 1926

he went on to invent the automatic garage door operator.