Figure 16. — Charles E. Duryea seated in the Duryea car that won the Chicago 

 Times-Herald race on November 28, 1895. 



In 1896 the Duryea Motor Wagon Co. constructed 13 

 identical automobiles (fig. 17), the first instance of mass auto- 

 mobile production in America. The sale of the first of 

 these cars constituted the first sale of a gasoline-powered 

 automobile in America. Of these 13 cars, only one re- 

 mains; it is in the private collection of George H. Water- 

 man, at East Greenwich, R. I. A slightly different model, 

 completed in October 1896, was taken to England and 

 entered in the London-to-Brighton run on November 14 of 

 that year. It was the first car to arrive at Brighton, for 

 which performance a gold medal was awarded. This 

 medal is in the National Museum. 



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