Duryea Power Company was a manufacturer of
Brass Era
The Brass Era is an American term for the early period of automotive manufacturing, named for the prominent brass fittings used during this time for such things as lights and radiators. It is generally considered to encompass 1896 through 191 ...
automobile
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s in
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philade ...
. It was one of several similarly named companies that early automobile pioneer
Charles Duryea was involved with.
The 1904 ''Duryea Straight-Line Phaeton'' was a
phaeton model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for
US$
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1350. The slant-mounted
straight-3
A straight-three engine (also called an inline-triple or inline-three) is a three-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
Less common than straight-four engines, straight-three engines have nonethe ...
, situated amidships of the car, produced 12 hp (8.9 kW). The wood and iron-framed car weighed 950 lb (431 kg) and was noted for its high-speed capability. It had a 72" wheelbase.
The 1904 ''Duryea Tonneau'' was a
tonneau
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A tonneau cover in current automotive terminology is a hard or soft cover that spans the back of a pickup truck to protect the load or to improve ...
version and could seat 5 to 7 passengers. It sold for
US$
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1750. The armored wood-framed car weighed 1350 lb (612 kg). It had a 3-cylinder, 12 hp engine, a 2-speed manual transmission,
and a 95" wheelbase.
See also
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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 o ...
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Duryea Motor Wagon
The Duryea Motor Wagon was among the first standardized automobiles and among the first powered by gasoline. Fifteen examples were built by the Duryea Motor Wagon Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, between 1893 and 1896. Their enterprise follo ...
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Stevens-Duryea
Stevens-Duryea was an American manufacturer of Veteran and Brass Era automobiles in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, between 1901 and 1915 and Vintage Cars from 1919 to 1927.
The company was founded by J. Frank Duryea and J. Stevens Arms and T ...
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Charles Duryea
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Frank Duryea
James Frank Duryea (October 8, 1869 – February 15, 1967) and his brother Charles (1861–1938) invented the first gasoline-powered automobile in America.
Biography
The brothers were born in Illinois, Charles in Canton, Illinois, in 1861 and ...
References
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* ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (January, 1904)
Brass Era vehicles
Duryea
Companies based in Berks County, Pennsylvania
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Pennsylvania