Duryea Motor Wagon Company

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

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1895 - American - Automobile

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Founded by Charles Duryea and his brother J. Frank Duryea, they operate 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.

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Charles Duryea - J. Frank Duryea - September 21 - 1893 - Springfield, Massachusetts - Chicago Times-Herald - Chicago - Thanksgiving

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

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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.

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See also

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• List of automotive superlatives
 
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