112. Hinsdale's Auto Pioneer | ||
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| located on the edge of a parking lot on the south side of NH119, about .2 mile east of its junction with northbound NH63, Hinsdale, NH |
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"In the Holman and Merriman Machine Shop opposite this
location, George A. Long of Northfield (Mass.) in 1875 built a steam-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." erected 1976 |
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The Holman and Merriman Machine Shop |
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| Related Links: | ||
| Weirs Times: The Coming of the Automobile | ||
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