Charles Duryea
American automobile manufacturer
Died when: 76 years 287 days (921 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Charles Edgar Duryea (December 15, 1861 – September 28, 1938) was an American engineer.He was the engineer of the first-ever working American gasoline-powered car and co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
He was born near Canton, Illinois, a son of George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but spent most of his life working in Springfield, Massachusetts.
It was in Springfield that Charles and his brother, Frank, produced and road-tested America’s first gasoline-powered car.
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