Stanley was losing steam by 1910, as internal-combustion cars advanced not only in performance but also (as Kit Foster notes in The Stanley Steamer: America's Legendary Steam Car) in the ...

Once under way, the hook is engaged to increase steam efficiency. Under full power the engine operates at 600 psi. The Model K accelerates immediately and pulls smoothly. A stock Model K recorded ...

“In 1906, an aerodynamic-designed Stanley set the record on Ormond Beach, Florida, for the fastest mile in a steam car, with a speed of 127.66 mph. That record was unbroken until 1911.” ...

Stanley Steamers use a fire-tube boiler to power the double-acting two-cylinder engine; they outsell gas vehicles from 1899 to 1905. 8 1917: Doble Model C Steam Car ...

This 1910 Stanley Model 70 five-passenger touring car features a steam engine rated at 20 horsepower, and cost $1,500 when new, ... A complete Stanley steam engine is on display, ...

The Stanley Motor Carriage Co. of Newton, Mass., produced a range of steam-engine cars, known as Stanley Steamers, from 1902 to 1924 by which time the gasoline combustion engine had taken over as ...

1849: Twin brothers Francis and Freelan Stanley are born. Their name will live on in the legendary Stanley Steamer automobile. If the two were alive today, they’d be called green-tech pioneers.