Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.

Charles Duryea

American automobile manufacturer

Charles Edgar Duryea was an American engineer. He was the engineer of the first working American gasoline-powered car and co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company. He was born near Canton, Illinois, a son of George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner, and died in…