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The Pilgrim of Providence also called the Pilgrim of Pawtucket was an American automobile designed in 1910. The car was built as a
The Pilgrim of Providence also called the Pilgrim of Pawtucket was an American automobile designed in 1910. The car was built as a prototype
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and Software prototyping, software programming. A prototyp ...
and called the Spartan.
History
A prototype automobile was developed and Carl Kelsey planned to build a low price affordable car at theMaxwell-Briscoe
Maxwell was an American automobile manufacturer which ran from about 1904 to 1925. The present-day successor to the Maxwell company was Chrysler (currently, "Stellantis North America"), which acquired the company in 1925.
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plant in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Kelsey ended up building his factory in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
instead and called the car the Spartan. The Spartan was to have been a four-cylindeSee also
References
{{reflist Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Brass Era vehicles 1910s cars Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Connecticut Concept cars Cars introduced in 1911