Misplaced Pages

Duryea Motor Wagon Company: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 15:02, 7 November 2005 editFingers-of-Pyrex (talk | contribs)7,016 edits stub sorting← Previous edit Revision as of 07:37, 31 January 2006 edit undoCarrionluggage (talk | contribs)1,438 editsmNo edit summaryNext edit →
Line 2: Line 2:
The '''Duryea Motor Wagon Company''', established in ], was the first ] firm to build gasoline ]s. The '''Duryea Motor Wagon Company''', established in ], was the first ] firm to build gasoline ]s.


Founded by ] and his brother ], they operate the one-cylinder "Buggyaut" on ], ] at ]. It is considered the first successful gas-engine vehicle built in the U.S. That same year, a Duryea driven by J. Frank Duryea won the '']'' race in ] on a snowy ] day. He travelled 54 miles at an average 7.5 mph, marking the first U.S. auto race in which any entrants finished. Founded by ] and his brother ], they operated the one-cylinder "Buggyaut" on ], ] at ]. It is considered the first successful gas-engine vehicle built in the U.S. That same year, a Duryea driven by J. Frank Duryea won the '']'' race in ] on a snowy ] day. He travelled 54 miles at an average 7.5 mph, marking the first U.S. auto race in which any entrants finished.


An early Duryea advertisement explains to incredulous readers that the vehicle "actually operated under its own propulsion." An early Duryea advertisement explains to incredulous readers that the vehicle "actually operated under its own propulsion."

Revision as of 07:37, 31 January 2006

Duryea automobile

The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, established in 1895, was the first American firm to build gasoline automobiles.

Founded by Charles Duryea and his brother J. Frank Duryea, they operated the one-cylinder "Buggyaut" on September 21, 1893 at Springfield, Massachusetts. It is considered the first successful gas-engine vehicle built in the U.S. That same year, a Duryea driven by J. Frank Duryea won the Chicago Times-Herald race in Chicago on a snowy Thanksgiving day. He travelled 54 miles at an average 7.5 mph, marking the first U.S. auto race in which any entrants finished.

An early Duryea advertisement explains to incredulous readers that the vehicle "actually operated under its own propulsion."

The brothers went their separate ways by the end of the century. J. Frank helped produce the Stevens-Duryea while Charles produced Duryea vehicles as late as 1917.

See also

External links


Stub icon

This article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: