Charles Duryea
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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. He was born near Canton, Illinois,
Charles Duryea (left) with J. Frank Duryea
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