Franklin (automobile) - History

History

The Franklin motor car was invented by the engineer, John Wilkinson and manufactured by the industrialist, Herbert H. Franklin and marketed under his name.

Franklin worked as a newspaper publisher, real estate agent and Columbia Bicycle shop owner in Coxsackie, New York. After he quit the publishing business in 1893, he relocated to Syracuse, New York.

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