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Sylvester Roper with Steam Carriage
Massachusetts machinist Sylvester Roper built several steam-powered carriages and motorcycles years before automobiles -- as we know them -- appeared. Roper...
sylvester ropersteamcarriage
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Advertisement for the Sylvester Roper Steam Car, from the Grand Rapids Eagle, September 8-9, 1864
Massachusetts machinist Sylvester Roper built several steam-powered carriages and motorcycles years before automobiles -- as we know them -- appeared. Roper...