KNOX GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 7 899 

 Lent by Mrs. Lansing Van Auken in 1924 (USNM 308332) 



Built by Harry A. Knox, of Springfield, Mass., this vehi- 

 cle (fig. 46) is another example of the many makes of 

 3-Y\heeled automobiles constructed at the turn of the cen- 

 tury. In 1909 this car was driven in the parade at the 

 Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York City and was 

 awarded a prize of $25 for being the oldest machine to 

 cover the line of march under its own power. 



Figure 46. — A number of these 3-wheeled, air-cooled, 1 -cylinder Knox auto- 

 mobiles were built around 1900. This one was built in 1899. 



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