LONG STEAM TRICYCLE, about 1880 

 Lent by John H. Bacon in 1956 (USNM 314810) 



The Museum's oldest completely operable self-propelled 

 road vehicle (fig. 32) is one with an interesting history. 

 Built in about 1880 (the engine was built in 1879) by 

 George A. Long of Northfield, Mass., the machine was dis- 

 assembled many years ago after some years of disuse. In 

 1946 the present owner obtained from Long, in Boston, the 

 engine (fig. 33), with its feed-water pump and driving 

 pulleys. At that time Long, then 96 years old, recalled 

 that many years earlier he had seen the remainder of the 

 machine in Northfield. A search by Mr. Bacon lead to 

 his obtaining all the parts extant, and subsequently to his 

 restoring the machine to operable condition. 



Figure 32. — Steam tricycle built by George A. Long in about 1880. It is still 

 operable, although some of its parts are modern replacements. 



