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Duryea
Duryea may refer to: * Duryea (surname) *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 o ..., first American automobile company * Duryea, Pennsylvania, a borough in Luzerne County {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 would prope ... [...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 *Dan Duryea (1907–1968), American actor * Herman Barkulo Duryea (1862–1916), American and French horse breeder * J. Frank Duryea, American automotive pioneer *Jesse Duryea (1859–1942), American baseball pitcher *Laura Duryea (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 1969–1974 *Peter Duryea (1939–2013), American actor *Taylor Duryea (born 1991), Australian rules footballer *Tim Duryea Timothy Lee Duryea (born November 16, 1964) is an American college basketball coach who was men's basketball head coach at Utah State, and is currently an assistant coach at Boise State. Early life and education Born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, ... (born 1964), American baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
