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4 unusual facts about Duryea Motor Wagon Company


Davidson Automobile Battery armored car

They built them from the patent specifications of Charles Duryea of the Duryea Motor Wagon Company.

Duryea Motor Wagon Company

Founded by Charles Duryea and his brother Frank, they built the Duryea Motor Wagon, a one-cylinder "Ladies Phaeton", first demonstrated on September 21, 1893 in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Taylor Street in Metro Center.

By March 1902, after overcoming difficulties procuring factory space, and a devastating flood of the Schuylkill River, Duryea was manufacturing one three-wheel, three-cylinder, gasoline powered automobile each week.

Peoria Heights, Illinois

The Duryea Motor Wagon Company once had a production facility nearby (the reason for the aforementioned visit by Teddy Roosevelt).



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