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In the mid-1970s "Steyr-Daimler-Puch America" was incorporated in Connecticut to manage importation and distribution of bicycles and mopeds. Puch Austro-Daimler bicycles remained in production at Graz in Austria until the motorcycle and bicycle fabrication portions of the company there were sold in the mid 1987 to Piaggio & C. S.p.A. of Italy.
The Puch Maxi is a moped fitted with a single cylinder, 50cc, two stroke engine. The engine produced around 2 hp and could propel the rider at speeds of 28 mph (48 km/h). It was started using the pedals which could be engaged and disengaged from the engine via a starting lever so it could be ridden as a normal bicycle.
The Puch Maxi is a moped that was manufactured by the Austrian manufacturing company Puch through the 1970s and 1980s that is well known for its reliability, ease of maintenance, [1] and fuel economy (up to 120 mpg). [2]
The area, which was named for tobacco farmer Joseph Bishop, who lived in the area, became a business center after 1797 because of the busy Talcott Mountain Turnpike (now U.S. Route 44). A tavern also became the location of West Hartford's first post office here in 1820. [2] [3]
West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of downtown Hartford. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region . The population was 64,083 at the 2020 census .
Westfarms is a shopping mall on the West Hartford–Farmington town line in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was opened in 1974, expanded in 1982 and 1995–1997, and remodeled in 2008–2009. With 1,267,000 square feet (117,700 m 2) of gross leasable area, Westfarms is the third-largest mall in Connecticut.
The West Hill Historic District is a prestigious residential subdivision of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut. Originally the site of the estate of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, son of transportation magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, it was developed as a planned subdivision of upper-class residences in the 1920s.
Blue Hills is a community in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, encompassing the northwestern corner of the city of Hartford and the southeastern corner of the town of Bloomfield. The Bloomfield portion is listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 2,762 at the 2020 census. [1]