Stanley Steamer 1896-1924 - powerful steam mobiles
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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Stanley Steamer, which built steam cars between 1896 and 1924. These were characterized by high performance and reached a record speed of over 195 km/h in 1906. With the advent of the electric starter, steam mobiles with their half-hour warm-up time became less important despite their fabulous, merely slightly hissing torque development, and Stanley disappeared in 1924
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In 1770, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot constructed the world's first automobile with his steam tractor. Between 120 and 150 years later, when motorized cars first became widespread, Stanley and White and around a hundred other manufacturers in the USA opted for steam propulsion. Instead of an internal combustion engine and gearbox, steam boilers and kerosene burners were fitted under the hood. The water tank, which was located under the front seats, for example, and was far larger than the fuel tank in the rear, was particularly important. There was no gearshift. The dashboard was equipped with a pressure gauge, water level indicator and rotary levers.
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