• 5 July 1887
  • Gottlieb Daimler purchases a 3,000 sq m factory site with warehouse at 67 Ludwigstrasse on the Seelberg hill in Cannstat...
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  • 11 July 1887
  • Two motorised rail vehicles, a railcar and a trolley car, are tested on the Esslingen – Kirchheim rail line. Both are dr...
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  • August 1887
  • Mannheim businessman Jakob Pfahler equips a boat with a Benz engine for the first time. A short time later, he acquires...
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  • 27 September 1887
  • Gottlieb Daimler puts a miniature tram into operation at the Cannstatter Volksfest fair. The vehicle is powered by a s...
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  • 13 October 1887
  • Gottlieb Daimler demonstrates his "Rems” motorboat on Lake Waldsee near Baden-Baden. By this time, three boats powered...
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