1898 Benz 3hp car Size:S: 30 x 25cm Alderman Sir William Heygate

Alderman Sir William Heygate

View of the Holborn Viaduct under construction showing a new street from Shoe Lane to Holborn Circus

Also showing a figure begging on the left

The Manor House

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1898 Benz 3hp car Size:S: 30 x 25cm Alderman Sir William Heygate1898 Benz 3hp car. Karl Benz was the father of the motorcar. In 1885 he built the first successful petrol engine car, and Benz cars were produced for public sale from 1888. For more than ten years Benz led the world in car production and in 1896 their output exceeded the combined efforts of all car makers in Britain and the United States of America. This 1898 example is in very original condition.