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薩慕爾‧荷蘭在北達科達公園河畔的修車店與汽車製造工廠
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美國第一場賽車
1895年11月28日
並不是只有杜伊爾兄弟發明汽車。雙胞胎史坦利兄弟 (Stanley
twins) 在1897年也製造了一輛由蒸汽推動的車子，稱做「史坦利蒸汽號」 (Stanley
Steamer) 。這輛汽車後來贏得廣泛的名聲，因為史坦利駕駛汽車以2分11秒內的速度在有30度傾斜的泥土跑道上跑了1英里。最後，史坦利蒸汽號成為眾所周知的自動車 (locomobile) 。在亨利‧福特於1903年創立福特汽車公司 (Ford
Motor Company) 之前，史坦利的工廠已經有140位員工了。
這是挪威移民薩慕爾‧荷蘭 (Samuels
Holland) 位在北達科達公園河 (Park
River) 畔的修車廠，他也利用空餘時間建造自力推動機械式的汽車。西元1904年，當地的報紙報導荷蘭已經建好汽車，可能有八輛。其中有一輛到現在還在。
The Duryeas were not the only people inventing cars. The Stanley twins built a steam-powered vehicle, the "Stanley Steamer," in 1897. The vehicle achieved fame when F.E. Stanley did a mile in 2 minutes 11 seconds on a dirt track with a 30-degree incline. Eventually the "Stanley Steamer" became known as the "Locomobile." By the time Henry Ford incorporated the Ford Motor Company in 1903, the Stanley plant already employed 140 workers.
This is a photo of Samuel Holland's Repair Shop in Park River, North Dakota, where Holland, a native of Norway, built self-propelled motor vehicles in his spare time. In 1904, the local newspaper reported that he built an automobile and may have built as many as eight. One copy of his car is known to exist.
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