The Ware Steam Wagon was the first self-propelled
American
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vehicle to be manufactured for export.
Elijah Ware
Elijah Ware (born 14 April 1983) is a retired Australian Rules Football player, who played for Port Adelaide Football Club, Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League, AFL, and played for the Central District Bulldogs in the SANFL.
Ware d ...
, of
Bayonne, New Jersey
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, manufactured the Wagon between 1861 and 1867. In 1866 one of his vehicles was shipped to
Rustico, Prince Edward Island
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Situated on the north shore, North Rustico an incorporated municipality in 1954. North Rustico changed its status to a town on No ...
, where it had been ordered by
Catholic
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priest
Georges-Antoine Belcourt
Georges-Antoine Belcourt (April 22, 1803 – May 31, 1874), also George Antoine Bellecourt, was a French Canadian Roman Catholic diocesan priest and missionary. Born in Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec, Belcourt was ordained in 1827. He established mission ...
. Unlike other steam powered contraptions of the time, this did not run on a rail system.
1861 introductions
Steam road vehicles
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
1860s cars
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