Stanley Motor Carriage Company
The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of steam cars that operated from 1902 to 1924, going defunct after it failed to adapt to competition from rapidly improving Internal combustion engine vehicles. The cars made by the company were colloquially called Stanley Steamers although several different models were produced.
F. O. Stanley and his wife Flora drove to the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire to generate publicity for their firm.
Stanley logo, 1919
1912 Stanley steam car
6hp Stanley steam car engine
A steam car is a car (automobile) propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine (ECE), whereas the gasoline and diesel engines that eventually became standard are internal combustion engines (ICE). ECEs have a lower thermal efficiency, but carbon monoxide production is more readily regulated.
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