Wednesday, 6 May 2026

Waikerie recollections: Horseless carriages

IN 1886, Carl Benz from Germany applied for a patent for his vehicle powered by a gas engine. Henry Ford, in the United States, built his first car in 1896. In 1904, in the Barossa Valley, Albert Ohlmeyer, watchmaker and jeweller of Tanunda, built...

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Waikerie recollections: Horseless carriages
Julius and Ernst Ohlmeyer with the “jigger” loaded and ready for another trip from Tanunda to Waikerie in 1926. PHOTO: Waikerie District Historical Society 

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