Raisbeck Engineering Hall of Technology
In the 1930s, this area of the building was the location of Auburn Automobile Company's cost and accounting departments. This space now showcases the innovation, initiative and intellect of the Auburn Automobile Company by highlighting five technologies developed by the Company that are still used in today's production cars. You'll learn about engines and techonology related to Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg automobiles and study biographies of the Company's key engineering staff that helped bring the many innovations seen in this gallery to life!
A few artifacts on exhibit in this gallery include:
• 1930 L-29 Cord chassis - The chassis is a fine example of America's first front-wheel drive production automobile, the Cord L-29. This exhibit allows visitors to see study the rolling chassis of the front-wheel drive automobile.
• King-Bugatti 16 Cylinder Aircraft Engine - These engines were built under license by Duesenberg for the United States government during World War I.
• Duesenberg V-16 Model H Aircraft Engine - This example is 1 of 4 that were produced. It was the largest airplane engine created when it was built.