Curtiss Wright airplane factory Buffalo Plant photograph photo motorcycle

Description

A superb and rare image of the
Curtiss Wright factory in
Buffalo
NY
.
In 1904 Glenn Curtiss, at only 25 years old, produced
America
's first V-Twin motorcycle.
The cylinders stood at 60 degree corner and the boring per beat was 3 x 3". It was merely 27 kilo in weight with approximately 694cc. On Memorial Day, Glenn Curtiss won a 10 mile race with the V-twin motorcycle and was named not only the American Motorcycle Champion, but also a world record holder! The V-twin motor has made the American motorcycle industry what it is today!
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Hammond Curtiss as president. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States.
The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company became the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world during World War I, employing 18,000 in Buffalo 3,000 in Hammondsport, New York. Curtiss produced 10,000 aircraft during that war, and more than 100 in a single week.
In 1902 Curtiss began manufacturing motorcycles with his own single-cylinder engines. His first motorcycle's carburetor was adapted from a tomato soup can containing a gauze screen to pull the gasoline up via capillary action. In 1903 he set a motorcycle land speed record at 64 miles per hour (103 km/h) for one mile (1.6 km). When E.H. Corson of the Indian Motorcycle Company visited Hammondsport in July 1904, he was amazed that the entire Curtiss motorcycle enterprise was sited in the back room of the modest "shop". Corson's motorcycles had just been trounced the week before by "Hell Rider" Curtiss in an endurance race from New York to Cambridge, Maryland.
In 1907, Curtiss set an unofficial world record 136.36 miles per hour (219.45 km/h), on a 40 horsepower (30 kW) 4000 cc V8 powered motorcycle of his own design and construction. The air-cooled F-head engine was intended for use in aircraft. He would remain "the fastest man in the world," to use the title the newspapers gave him, until 1911, and his motorcycle record was not broken until 1930. This motorcycle is now in the Smithsonian Institution. Curtiss's success at racing had solidified his reputation as a leading maker of high-performance motorcycles and engines.
A very nice
non period
photo that reflects a wonderful era in a wonderful way. This is your rare chance to own this photo that reflects the glorious history of Curtiss as well. Therefore it is printed in a nice large format of 8" x 10" (20 x 26 cm).
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