List of steam car manufacturers

Makers of steam cars. The makers listed here are those active during the first period of steam car production, roughly 1860-1930, but mostly around 1900. "Modern Steam" makers are not listed here.

Maker	Country	Years active	Image	notes
Alena	USA	1922
Altmann	Germany	1905—1907		See also the American Aultman
AMC (Automobile Manufacturing Company)	England	1910
American Bicycle Co. Manufacturers of the Toledo Steam Carriage	USA	1900—1903
American	USA	1922—1924		^[1]
American Steamer	USA
American Waltham	USA	1898—1899		^[1]
Artzberger	USA			^[1]
Aultman	USA			^[1] See also the German Altmann
Austin	USA			^[1]
Auto-Loco	USA			^[1]
Baker	USA	circa. 1925		^[1]
Baldwin	USA	?		^[1]
Ball	USA	?		^[1]
Best	USA	?		^[1]
Binney-Burnham	USA	?		^[1]
Boss	USA	1903—1907		^[1]
Brecht	USA	1902—1904		^[1]
Bridgeport		?
Bristol	USA	?		^[1]
Brocks	Canada	1924—1930		^[1]
Brooks Steam Motors	Canada	?
Bryan Steam Car		?
Cameron	USA			^[1]
Cannon	USA			^[1]
Capitol	USA	1902—1903		^[1]
Century	USA	1899—1903		^[1]
Chelmsford	UK	?		^[2]
Cincinnati	USA	?		^[1]
Clark	USA	1895—1909		^[1]
Clermont	USA	?		^[1]
Cloughley	USA	1902—1903		^[1]
Coats	USA	1922—1923		^[1]
Conrad	USA	1900—1903		^[1]
Cotta	USA	1901—1903		^[1]
Crompton	USA	?		^[1]
Crouch	USA	1897—1900		^[1]
Cunningham	USA	1900-1901		^[3]
Davis	USA	1921
Dawson	USA	1901—1902		^[1]
De Dion-Bouton	France	?
Delling	USA	1923—1924		^[1]
Detroit	USA	1922		^[1]
Doble	USA	1914—1930		^[1] The most technically sophisticated of the steam car makers. Even after they had been supplanted by petrol engines, Abner Doble continued to sell his experience in designing water-tube boilers to railway locomotive makers, such as Sentinel.
Eastman	USA	?		^[1]
Eclipse	USA	1900—1903		^[1]
Elberon	USA	?		^[1]
Elite	USA	1900—1901		^[1]
Empire	USA	1904—1905		^[1]
Empire	USA	1925—1927
Endurance	USA	?		^[1]
Essex	USA	?		^[1]
Federal	USA	?		^[1]
Field	USA	?		^[1]
Foster	USA	1900—1905		^[1]
Gaeth	USA	?		^[1]
Gardner-Serpollet	France	?		- see also Serpollet
Gearless	USA	1921—1923		^[1]
Geneva	USA	1901—1904		^[1]
Grout	USA	1897—1905		^[1]
Hartley	USA	?		^[1]
Hess	USA	?		^[1]
Hidley	USA	?
Hoffman	USA	1902—1904		^[1]
Holland	USA	?		^[1]
Holyoke	USA	?		^[1]
Hood	USA	1900—1901		^[1]
Howard	USA	1900—1904		^[1]
Hudson	USA	1901—1902		^[1]
International	USA	?		^[1]
Jaxon	USA	1903—1904		^[1]
Johnson	USA	1906—1907		^[1]
Kellogg	USA	?		^[1]
Kent's Pacemaker	USA	1900
Kensington	USA	1900—1903		^[1]
Keystone Steamer	USA	1899-1900		^[1]^[4]
Kidder	USA	1900—1901		^[1]
Knoller	Austria	c.1904		- see the German Wikipedia
Kraft	USA	?		^[1]
Lane	USA	1900—1909		^[1]
Leach	USA	1899—1900		^[1]
Likamobile	UK	current		ModelWorks, ModelWorks of Daventry, NN11 8QT England, makes a steam-powered Replica of the Locomobile Style #2 (1900-1901) in kit-form
Locke	USA	?		^[1]
Locomobile	USA	1899—1903		^[1] A well-known maker of lightweight and relatively low-cost steam cars, although widely criticised for poor performance.^[5]
Loomis	USA	?		^[1]
Lutz	USA	?		^[1]
Lyons	USA	?		^[1]
Malden	USA	?		^[1]
Marlboro	USA	1899—1902		^[1]
Maryland Steamer	USA	1900—1901
Mason	USA	?		^[1]
McDonald	USA	1923—1924		^[1]
McKay	USA	?		^[1]
Mercury	USA	?		^[1]
Meteor	USA	1902—1903		^[1]
Mills	USA	?		^[1]
Milwaukee	USA	1900—1902		^[1]
Mobile	USA	1899—1903		^[1]^[6]
Moncrief	USA	1901—1902		^[1]
Montier & Gillet	France	1897
Morse	USA	1904—1906		^[1]
Motor Construction Co.	Nottingham, UK	?		Fitted with a single-acting V-4 engine of 30 hp.^[7]
Newstadt-Perry	USA	1902—1903		^[1]
New England	USA	1899—1900		^[1]
Ormond	USA	?		^[1]
Overholt	USA	?		^[1]
Overman	USA	?		^[1]
Oxford	USA	?		^[1]
Pawtucket	USA	?		^[1]
Pearson-Cox	UK	?		^[8]
Peerless	USA	?		^[1]
Porter	USA	1900—1901		^[1]
Prescott	USA	1901—1905		^[1]
Puritan	USA	1901—1904		^[1]
Randolph	USA	?		^[1]
Reading Steamer	USA	1900—1903		^[1]^[9]
Remel-Vincent	USA	?		^[1]
Rickett	England	1860		Possibly the first British production car
Richmond	USA	1902—1903		^[1]
Rochester	USA	1900—1901		^[1]
Rogers	USA	?		^[1]
Roper	USA	1860—1894		^[1]
Ross	USA	1905—1909		^[1]
Scott-Newcomb	USA	1921—1922		Also known as the Standard ^[1]
Serpollet	France	1880s—		Léon Serpollet's first steam cars were sold under his own name, before the partnership as Gardner-Serpollet
Sheppee	England	?
Simons	USA	?		^[1]
Skene	USA	1900—1901		^[1]
Spencer	USA	?		^[1]
Springer	USA	?		^[1]
Springfield	USA	?		^[1]
Squier	USA	?		^[1]
Standard	USA	?		^[1] Also known as the Scott-Newcomb
Stanley	USA	1897—1925		The most successful of the steam car makers.^[1]
Stanton	USA	?		^[1]
Steamobile	USA	1900—1904		^[1]
Stearns	USA	1900—1904		^[1]
Sterling	USA	1901—1902		^[1]
Stewart-Coats	USA	?		^[1]
Storck	USA	?		^[1]
Strathmore	USA	?		^[1]
Stringer	USA	?		^[1]
Strouse	USA	?		^[1]
Sunset	USA	1901—1904		^[1]
Super-Steamer	USA	?		^[1]
Taunton	USA	?		^[1]
Terwilliger	USA	?		^[1]
Thompson	USA	?		^[1]
Thomson	Australia	c.1900		Herbert Thomson of Armadale, Melbourne, built steam cars around 1900. He tested them on the hill of Kooyong Road in nearby Caulfield, where in 1971 the Pritchard steam car was also tested.^[10]
Toledo Steam Carriage	USA	1901—1903		^[1]
Toward & Philipson	England	?
Tractmobile	USA	1900—1902		^[1]
Trépardoux	France	1883		Partner with De Dion and Bouton in their first steam tricycle.^[11]
Mérelle	France	c.1889		Fernand Mérelle was the concessionaire for De Dion and Bouton at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris and cars were sold under that name.^[11]^[12]
Trinity	USA	?		^[1]
Turner-Miesse	UK	?		^[13]
Twombly	USA	1904—1905		^[1]
Vapomobile	England	?
Victor	USA	1899—1904		^[1]
Waltham	USA	?		^[1]
Watt	USA	?		^[1]
Webb-Jay	USA		^[1]
Westfield	USA	1902—1903	^[1]
White	USA	1901—1910		^[1] Along with Stanley and Doble, the triumvirate of successful steam car makers.
Whitney	USA	1897—1898		^[1]
Wood	USA	1902—1903		^[1]

References[]

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↑ Kennedy, Modern Engines, III, pp. 195-205
↑ "The Standard Catalogue of American Cars", Kimes, Beverly Rae (editor) and Clark, Henry Austin, jr., 2nd Edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990 (1985), ISBN 0-87341-111-0
↑ "The Standard Catalogue of American Cars", Kimes, Beverly Rae (editor) and Clark, Henry Austin, jr., 2nd Edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990 (1985), ISBN 0-87341-111-0
↑ Wise, David B. (1974). in Northey, Tom: British Steam-Car Pioneers, World of Automobiles Volume 11. London: Orbis Publishing, 1207.
↑ 100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition, Copyright 1999 Publications International, Ltd.
↑ Kennedy, Rankin (1912 edition of 1905 book.). Steam Autocar Engines, The Book of Modern Engines and Power Generators Vol. III. London: Caxton, 185–186.
↑ The Autocar (Ninth edition, circa 1919). Autocar Handbook, Autocar Handbook. London: Iliffe & Sons., 258–259.
↑ (1999) 100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition,. Publications International, 24.
↑ "Pritchard steam car", Light Steam Power XXI(2): 59. March-April 1972.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 "De Dion Steam Tricycle", Light Steam Power XXI(1): 43. January-February 1972.
↑ "De Dion-Bouton et Trépardoux steam quadricycle". Steam Car Club of Great Britain.
↑ Autocar Handbook p. 254

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[2] Kennedy, Modern Engines, III, pp. 195-205

[3] "The Standard Catalogue of American Cars", Kimes, Beverly Rae (editor) and Clark, Henry Austin, jr., 2nd Edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990 (1985), ISBN 0-87341-111-0

[4] "The Standard Catalogue of American Cars", Kimes, Beverly Rae (editor) and Clark, Henry Austin, jr., 2nd Edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990 (1985), ISBN 0-87341-111-0

[5] Wise, David B. (1974). in Northey, Tom: British Steam-Car Pioneers, World of Automobiles Volume 11. London: Orbis Publishing, 1207.

[6] 100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition, Copyright 1999 Publications International, Ltd.

[Kennedy,_Modern_Engines,_III,_MCC-7] Kennedy, Rankin (1912 edition of 1905 book.). Steam Autocar Engines, The Book of Modern Engines and Power Generators Vol. III. London: Caxton, 185–186.

[8] The Autocar (Ninth edition, circa 1919). Autocar Handbook, Autocar Handbook. London: Iliffe & Sons., 258–259.

[9] (1999) 100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition,. Publications International, 24.

[Light_Steam_Power,_Pritchard_steam_car-10] "Pritchard steam car", Light Steam Power XXI(2): 59. March-April 1972.

[Light_Steam_Power,_De_Dion_Steam_Tricycle-11] 11.0 ^11.1 "De Dion Steam Tricycle", Light Steam Power XXI(1): 43. January-February 1972.

[12] "De Dion-Bouton et Trépardoux steam quadricycle". Steam Car Club of Great Britain.

[13] Autocar Handbook p. 254

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