The Oldest Surviving American Automobile | The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

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On this segment of The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, Mo Rocca meets with Curator of Transportation Matt Anderson to learn more about the oldest surviving American automobile.

In the 1860s, mechanic Sylvester Roper began experimenting with stem-powered horseless carriages, and by 1865, he had a working prototype. Steam-powered locomotives and ships were familiar sights to Americans in the 1860s, but Roper's horseless carriage was more of a spectacle than a mode of transportation. They weren’t considered practical vehicles but rather became popular attractions at circuses and fairs.

Roper's steam-powered carriage was ahead of it's time; Karl Benz wouldn't begin experimenting with gasoline-powered vehicles for another 20 years. And while Roper's innovation was revolutionary in an age when steam power was king, he never put it into commercial production, which is why his name is lost in comparison to the likes of Henry Ford, Karl Benz, and Gottlieb Daimler.

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Hope we can see roper steam engine car move again. Is there any video show it move. There are many cars made before henry ford model T.

wongyc
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In 1765 there was already a steam car in France...

ifitsrusteditsmine
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The British had steam carriages in the 1800s.

hermanhandbrush
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No go, Moe, Karl Benz is the acknowledged inventer of the gasoline automobile( 3 wheels before that designation was taken over by motocycles)and rightly so. He did not put someone else's engine on a purchased carriage, but he built the whole vehicle. Claims of what his car could do were proven and what what one of these rich man toys could toys could actually do as proven by his wife and 2 sons driving to see her mother 40 miles away.

johnzangari
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sir thomas rickett made a steam car 10 years before roper

corollausa
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George Selden invented his car and filed his patent years before Karl Benz.

KCCardCo
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I dont believe karlbenz vlog uploded on mercedes usa yt channel.
Thats tricycle on them video, *not* a car. Those N a z i 'first driver' movie contains misslead naratives and false description.

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