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Charles Edgar Duryea ( December 15 , 1861 – September 28 , 1938 ) was a manufacturer of Motor Vehicle s. He was born in Canton, Illinois . Charles Duryea and his brother Frank ( 1869 – 1967) were bicycle makers in Washington, D.C. , and later in Springfield, Massachusetts . In 1893, they tested their first Gasoline -powered Automobile model and in 1896 established a company, the Duryea Motor Wagon Company , to build the Duryea model Automobile , the first auto ever commercially manufactured. The previous year, their vehicle, driven by brother Frank, had won a race in Evanston, Illinois , against cars mostly made in Germany . One of their early cars was involved in the first known Auto Accident . Due to low production and sales, the company stopped manufacturing around 1914, but the name Duryea is associated with automobile pioneers. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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