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Hinsdale Auto Pioneer

54 Canal St, Hinsdale, NH 3451 , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 42° 47' 15.4608", -72° 28' 26.5872"
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HINSDALE'S AUTO PIONEER
In the Holman and Merriman Machine Shop opposite this location, George A. Long of Northfield (Mass.) in 1875 built a team-propelled four wheel automobile with a fifth wheel for steering. This vehicle, fired by hardwood charcoal, had a bicycle-type frame, ordinary wooden wheels, solid rear axle and could maintain 30 miles per hour, roads permitting. This early inventor patented and built another automobile, propelled by gasoline, now in the Smithsonian Institution.



Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05
 
   
 
 
Hinsdale Auto Pioneer New Hampshire