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- ↑ "1915 APBA Gold Cup". Hydroplane Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ↑ The Club Journal. Automobile Club of America. 1915. p. 426. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ↑ Edgren, Robert (21 June 1914). "80 Feet a Second, in a Motor Boat!". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ↑ "New Hydroplane Built for Gold Cup Races". Detroit Free Press. 13 August 1916. p. 21. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
