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Benton Harbor

1896-1896

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A. Baushke and his brothers claimed to have been experimenting with horseless carriages since 1884. Their Benton Harbor Motor Carriage Company built a center-tiller-steered two-seater buggy powered by a 7½ hp hydro-carbon motor in 1896.…

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