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
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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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