(No Model.) 

 No. 281,091. 



2 Sheets— Sheet 2 



G. A. LONG. 



STEAM ROAD VEHICLE. 



Patented July 10, 1883. 



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Figure 34. — Drawings from Long's patent, showing outline of tricycle as pro- 

 posed by him in 1 882. 



time, one of which was built at Worcester, Mass. On 

 August 29, 1882, Long filed an application for a patent for 

 a "steam road-vehicle" consisting of a self-propelled tri- 

 cycle powered by a 2-cylinder steam engine using gasoline 

 as fuel. On July 10, 1883, U. S. patent No. 281091 was 

 granted to Long. It is interesting to note that gasoline 

 was the specified fuel. The drawings (fig. 34) appearing 

 in the patent papers reveal a tricycle closely resembling the 

 machine under discussion. 



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