Duryea

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Dur·yea

D0433800 (do͝or′yā, -ē-ā′), Charles Edgar 1861-1938. American inventor and automobile manufacturer. With his brother James Frank Duryea (1869-1967) he built one of the first American automobiles (1893).

Duryea

The first successful gasoline-powered automobile built in the USA. It was built by Charles E. and Frank Duryea and demonstrated in 1893. By 1895, the brothers had established the Duryea Motor Wagon Company.