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David Dunbar Buick / Buick Motor Company Marker image, Touch for more information
By J.T. Lambrou, May 3, 2021
David Dunbar Buick / Buick Motor Company Marker
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1 Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Downtown Detroit — S0675 — David Dunbar Buick / Buick Motor Company
David Dunbar BuickDavid Dunbar Buick, for whom the Buick automobile is named, came to Detroit from Scotland with his parents in 1856 at age two. A plumbing inventor and businessman, Buick turned to building gasoline engines for boats on the . . . Map (db m180137) HM
2 Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — David BuickForgotten Inventor, Enduring Name
He was unknown to most people when he died in Detroit. Born in Scotland in 1854, in early adulthood he achieved success in Detroit with patents for plumbing fixtures. But he was drawn to gasoline engines, and by 1902 he had invented the . . . Map (db m180139) HM
3 Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, Downtown Detroit — S0675 — David Dunbar Buick / Buick Motor Company
David Dunbar BuickDavid Dunbar Buick, for whom the Buick automobile is named, came to Detroit from Scotland with his parents in 1856 at age two. A plumbing inventor and businessman, Buick turned to building gasoline engines for boats on the . . . Map (db m180137) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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