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Steam cars made by Jackson Automobile Company of Jackson, Michigan. [31] Johnson: US: 1905–1907: Steam cars made by Professor Warren F Johnson's Johnson Service Company of Milwaukee until 1907 when the company switched to petrol powered vehicles. The company ceased business after Johnson died in 1912. [25] [31] Keene: US: 1900–1901
The first experimental steam-powered cars were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it was not until after Richard Trevithick had developed the use of high-pressure steam around 1800 that mobile steam engines became a practical proposition. By the 1850s there was a flurry of new steam car manufacturers.
The company continued to show them in their catalogues as late as 1912. About 10,000 White steam-powered cars were built, more than the better known Stanley. In 2019 Mitch Gross and Chris Rolph drove a 1910 model MM 40 hp White steam car from Beijing to Paris, likely the only time such a feat has been done by a steam car.
The 1960s were a turning point for Enzo Ferrari’s namesake nameplate, as the Italian automaker expanded beyond performance motorsports racing cars and into luxury vehicle production.
The American Steam Car was a product of the American Steam Automobile Co, West Newton, Massachusetts, from 1924 to 1948. It was built by Thomas S. Derr, a former faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Derr specialized in servicing, modifications and improvements of Stanley steam cars. He went on to develop his own engine ...
Train enthusiasts and history buffs alike will soon have a new Southeast Asian destination, as Vietnam prepares to unveil a revamped pair of vintage steam locomotives from the 1960s.
Tom Varley was a collector, restorer and preserver of steam-powered road vehicles, known for the Tom Varley Collection, a steam museum mostly of steam wagons, "a lasting legacy of which [British steam road enthusiasts] can be proud". [1] His business was in running Todber Caravan Park at Gisburn, in the high Pennines of Lancashire. [2]
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