At launch, the Velocipede weighed approximately 617 pounds, was powered by a single-cylinder engine making 1.5 horsepower, and had a top speed of 12 mph. A two-stage belt transmission allowed it to ...

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In “The Velocipede Races,” by Emily June Street, 18-year-old Emmeline Escot was raised in fictional Seren with all the expectations of a high-born (if poor) lady: to know her place, and marry well — ...

In the 1880s and 1890s, cycling was a popular form of transportation for practical travel and pleasure rides. In the late 1860s, the forerunner to the bicycle was the velocipede, which originates from ...

For five years members of Lomita’s South Bay Free Methodist Church have volunteered to help the city’s railroad museum, which is just down the street. At first they pulled weeds, upgraded a storage ...