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A steam wagon (or steam lorry, steam waggon or steamtruck) is a steam-powered truck for carrying freight. It was the earliest form of lorry (truck) and came in two basic forms: overtype and undertype , the distinction being the position of the engine relative to the boiler .
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. ... Ford built a "steam wagon or tractor" and a steam car, but ...
Steam-powered showman's engine from England. The history of steam road vehicles comprises the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for conventional road use, such as the steam car and steam waggon, or for agricultural or heavy haulage work, such as the traction engine.
James C. Anderson built several steam carriages in conjunction with Henry James and later Jasper W. Rogers. [12] [13] Austin: England: 1863: The Austin Steam car was made in 1863. [14] Blackburn: England: 1878: A steam-powered dog-cart. [15] Blanchard: US: 1825: A steam-powered wagon created by Thomas Blanchard of Springfield, Massachusetts ...
Alley & MacLellan's early steam wagon was so successful that it remained in production with relatively few updates until the launch of Sentinel's famous Super in 1923. The company also produced steam railway locomotives and railcars, for railway companies and industrial customers. In 1917, the company was bought by William Beardmore and Company.
In 1873, Frenchman Amédée Bollée built self-propelled steam road vehicles to transport groups of passengers. The first automobile suitable for use on existing wagon roads in the United States was a steam-powered vehicle invented in 1871 by Dr. J.W. Carhart, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Racine, Wisconsin. [18]
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.
1899 Duryea on display at the Henry Ford Museum. By 1905, Duryea's fifty workers were manufacturing sixty cars a year, including the four-wheel Phaeton, which soon sold for $1,600. Duryea's automobiles were a success, but a dispute among the company's partners led to collapse of the business in 1907.