I'm on our local water company board. One of the techs just dropped off
my packet for next week's meeting and saw my cars and was telling me
about the first Benz brought to the US by a guy who also invented the
fire hydrant. I looked it up and discovered some amazing history I had
no idea about. Here's a start, but search on his name and you'll get
all kinds of great stuff.
https://www.muellermuseum.org/mueller-bio/
In 1892 Hieronymus imported a Benz automobile from Germany and, together
with his sons, began refining it with such features as a reverse gear,
water-cooled radiator, newly-designed spark plugs, and a make-and-break
distributor – all leading to patents. His automobile innovations were
such that his “Mueller-Benz” won the first unofficial road race in the
nation in 1895 and finished 2nd in the first official race held a few
weeks later in Chicago.
Interesting video
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=491327305969447
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