Charles Edgar Duryea
American automobile manufacturer (1861-1938) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 76
Charles Edgar Duryea was an American engineer. He was the engineer of the second working American gasoline-powered car and co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
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Charles Edgar Duryea.
1894 Duryea Automobile at the Tallahassee Antique Car Museum![Mayor William P. Yoerg, of Holyoke (center-left), also a tire salesman and garage owner, presents an award to Charles Duryea for being the first to use pneumatic tires on an automobile, effectively starting the American automobile tire industry[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Auto_Industry_Honors_Duryea_%28taken_1937-04-14%2C_published_1937-04-29%29.jpg/1280px-Auto_Industry_Honors_Duryea_%28taken_1937-04-14%2C_published_1937-04-29%29.jpg)
Mayor William P. Yoerg, of Holyoke (center-left), also a tire salesman and garage owner, presents an award to Charles Duryea for being the first to use pneumatic tires on an automobile, effectively starting the American automobile tire industry[7]About this person
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.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1861 to 1938 · aged 76
