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Duryea Drive

Berks County · dedicated 1951 · Clymer St., just N of Hill Rd. & Constitution Blvd. and just S of Duryea Dr., Reading

Named in honor of Charles E. Duryea, inventor and builder of first successful hill-climbing gasoline automobile in U.S. Duryea Drive, extending from City Park to the Pagoda, is the course used by Duryea for testing his cars, 1900-1907.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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