Locomobile built steam cars from 1899 through 1904, having bought the designs and patents of Freelan O. and Francis E. Stanley. With the brothers as consultants, 250 cars originally earmarked as ...

In 1899, Dr. Hiram W. Fenner, a physician originally from Ohio, shipped a steam-powered Locomobile to Tucson. At the time, Arizona wasn’t even a state, and cars were still rare in much of the U.S.

It isn't known how many Locomobile steam autos still exist. A restored 1900 Locomobile steam runabout, previously part of the S. Ray Miller auto collection in Elkhart, sold at auction in 2004 for ...

“Locomobile built these steam cars for a couple of years, and then they decided they liked gasoline better. In 1903 the Stanley brothers bought back the rights to the car for $20,000 ...

The car was a steam-powered “locomobile’’ and was the product of twin brothers and inventors, Freelan Oscar Stanley (also known as F.O.) and Francis Edgar Stanley (also known as F.E.) of Newton.

Steam cars were fast—a Stanley Steamer set a record with a 28.2-second mile in 1906. ... That same year, Locomobile produced 750 steamers, ...

But the auto was here to stay. In 1901 Charles Culbertson, manager of the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad, became the proud owner of Boulder’s first automobile, a 1901 Locomobile Steam Runabout.

RED BANK - From a 1901 Locomobile steam carriage to modern tricked-out sports cars, beautiful automobiles of all shapes and sizes shut down White Street and its adjacent parking lot on Saturday.

Mention ``steamer'' or ``steam car'' and the response, ... The 850-pound Lane sold for $750, placing it directly opposite the Locomobile, then the best-selling car in America.