LOCOMOBILE STEAM AUTOMOBILE, 1900 

 Gift of Mrs. H. H. Smith in 1929 (USNM 309639) 



In 1899 the twin brothers F. E. and F. O. Stanley (fig. 

 48) sold their newly created steam-automobile business to a 

 group who began the manufacture of a car, first in Newton, 

 Mass., and later in Bridgeport, Conn., under the name of 

 Locomobile. This vehicle (fig. 49), sold new on July 4, 

 1900, for $750, represents Locomobile's early Bridgeport 

 product. It bears the usual maker's plate carrying the pat- 

 ent date of November 14, 1899, is the style 2 machine, and 

 is car No. 2795. 



In general, the vehicle consists of a light tubular under- 

 frame carried directly on the axles, with the body supported 

 on the frame by means of three full-elliptic springs, one at 

 each side in the rear and one mounted transversely at the 

 front. 



Figure 48. — The twin brothers F. E. and F. O. Stanley in their first steam 

 automobile, 1897. 



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