File:1895 John W. Hall's Motor Trap.jpg

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This four-wheel, gasoline powered car was registered for the Chicago Times-Herald Race in 1895 but did not appear.

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English: Hall Gasoline Trap by John W. Hall, of the John W. Hall & Sons Co., carriage makers in Jacksonville. Ill., planned to offer a motor car, and therefore built a handsome 4-passenger automobile weighting it at 700 lbs. It was scheduled fotr the Chicago Times-Herald contest in November, 1895, but failed to appear due to the non-operable Kane-Pennington engine used. It later recieved two Walls engines made by the Decatur Gasoline Engine Company, each driving a rear wheel.
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