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- William Wallace Austin Standing with the 1865 Roper Steam Carriage, 1905 - Sylvester Roper built several self-propelled, steam-powered vehicles from about 1863 to 1895. One of his machines, made in 1865, was sold to William Wallace Austin of Lowell, Massachusetts. Austin's steam carriage was in the possession of a Lowell car dealer when it came to Henry Ford's attention in 1930. Ford acquired the vehicle for his museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
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William Wallace Austin Standing with the 1865 Roper Steam Carriage, 1905
Sylvester Roper built several self-propelled, steam-powered vehicles from about 1863 to 1895. One of his machines, made in 1865, was sold to William Wallace Austin of Lowell, Massachusetts. Austin's steam carriage was in the possession of a Lowell car dealer when it came to Henry Ford's attention in 1930. Ford acquired the vehicle for his museum in Dearborn, Michigan.