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- The Horseless Age, July 1896 - Massachusetts machinist Sylvester Roper built at least seven steam-powered carriages and two steam-powered motorcycles years before automobiles -- as we know them -- appeared. Roper never produced his vehicles commercially. Instead, he exhibited them at circuses and fairs where crowds marveled at the contraptions. This issue of <em>The Horseless Age</em> was published soon after Roper's death in June 1896.
- July 01, 1896
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The Horseless Age, July 1896
Massachusetts machinist Sylvester Roper built at least seven steam-powered carriages and two steam-powered motorcycles years before automobiles -- as we know them -- appeared. Roper never produced his vehicles commercially. Instead, he exhibited them at circuses and fairs where crowds marveled at the contraptions. This issue of The Horseless Age was published soon after Roper's death in June 1896.