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Duryea Motor Wagon Company
The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, established in 1895 in Springfield, Massachusetts, was the first American firm to build gasoline automobiles. History Founded by Charles Duryea and his brother Frank, the company built the Duryea Motor Wagon, a one-cylinder four-horsepower car, first demonstrated on September 21, 1893, in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Taylor Street in Metro Center. It is considered the first successful gas-engine vehicle built in the U.S. In 1895, a second Duryea (built in 1894), driven by Frank, won the ''Chicago Times Herald'' race in Chicago on a snowy Thanksgiving day. He traveled 54 miles (87 km) at an average speed of 7.5 mph (12 km/h), marking the first U.S. auto race in which any entrants finished. That same year, the brothers began commercial production, with thirteen cars sold by the end of 1896. Their first ten production vehicles were the first automobiles sold in the United States. Banking on the idea that future racing successes wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duryea (surname)
Duryea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Duryea (1861–1938), American automotive pioneer * Charles T. Duryea (1832–1899), American politician *Dan Duryea (1907–1968), American actor * Harmanus B. Duryea (1815–1884), American lawyer, politician, and militia officer * Herman B. Duryea (1862–1916), American race horse owner and breeder *J. Frank Duryea, American automotive pioneer * Jesse Duryea (1859–1942), American baseball pitcher *Laura Duryea Laura Duryea (born 14 December 1983), previously known as Laura Corrigan and also referred to as Laura Corrigan Duryea, is a women's Australian rules footballer best known for her professional career with in the AFLW and for representing Ir ... (born 1983), Australian rules footballer * Perry B. Duryea (state senator) (1891–1968), New York state senator 1942–45, and Conservation Commissioner 1945–54 * Perry B. Duryea Jr. (1921–2004), Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1969–197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
