The history of steam road vehicles encompasses 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
Murdoch's model steam carriage of 1784, now in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
Steam carriage by Verbiest of 1679
Cugnot's "Fardier à vapeur" ("Steam wagon") of 1769
A replica of Trevithick's 1801 road locomotive Puffing Devil
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A steam car is a car propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine, whereas the gasoline and diesel engines that eventually became standard are internal combustion engin
History of steam road vehicles
…encompasses 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. The first experimental vehicles were built in the 18th and…
White steam touring car (1909)
Stanley Steamer (1912)
Boiler in a 1924 Stanley Steamer Series 740, to the right is the condenser
Bollée L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875