Frank Duryea

  • American


James Frank Duryea (1869-1967) was an American inventor, notable for building, with his brother Charles, the first gasoline powered automobile in America. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1869/10/08 Frank Duryea is born in Woodford County, Illinois Born
1893/09/20 Charles and Frank Duryea road-tested the first-ever American-built, gasoline-powered car Inventor Stacy Building Springfield
1895/00/00 Frank Duryea builds the second Duryea Inventor Stacy Building Springfield
1895/11/28 Frank Duryea wins the first motor car race in America, the Chicago Times-Herald race, on Thanksgiving Day. Driver
1896/00/00 Brothers Charles and Frank Duryea build 13 identical vehicles, becoming the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline-powered automobiles Inventor Stacy Building Springfield
1967/02/15 Frank Duryea dies at the Saybrook Convalescent Hospital, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Died
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