General Information

Serial #

555

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD/ RUBBER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

467.0 cm

Width

167.0 cm

Height

183.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

362.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Locomobile

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Newton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Locomobiles were among the first cars in Canada, being imported in 1898. The Canada Cycle and Motor co. (CCM) also manufactured locomobiles in Hamilton, Ontario until 1902, when they bought their competitor, the National Cycle and Automobile co.

Function

Owner driven passenger car for general transportation.

Technical

Locomobiles were popular cars. Steam cars had good torque and could accelerate quicker and climb faster than a gasoline-powered car of the era. Steam cars have become identified with the Stanley brothers. The locomobile steam car is the concept of the two Stanley twin brothers, Francis Edgar and Freelan Oscar. They esigned a lighter boiler than the traditional boilers of existing steam cars with a vertical, cylindrical sheet copper shell wrapped with piano wire for strength. They could also withstand pressures up to 300 pounds per square inch. They made their first car in 1897 and began production in Watertown (mailing address at Newton), Massachussets. in 1899 their company was bought and became Locomobile Company of America. The new firm continued the fabrication of steam cars until 1904. The Stanley brothers left the new company in 1900 and started again the manufacture of steam cars in 1902 by changing the design of their former car and improving it, the transmission for example with direct drive and putting their engine horizontally. the car bodies for the 2 firms were made by Currier, Cameron & Company of Amesbury, Massachussets.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

no

Finish

BODY: WOOD CRACKED BOTH SIDES BELOW SEAT/ SEAT: WORN/ APRON IN FRONT OF SEAT WORN, HOLE IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER/ STIFFENER IN BOTTOM BROKEN IN 4 PLACES/ HOLES IN WOOD FRONT OF SPEED CONTROL NOT FILLED OR REPAIRED/ TIRES: RUBBER CRACKED NEAR RIMS ON FRONT 2 WHEELS, REAR RIGHT WHEEL/ FRAME: PAINT CHIPPED/ FRONT AXLES LFET SIDE MAIN BAR CHIPPED/ MAIN DRIVE CHAIN RUBBING ON BOTTOM BURNER/ BRAKE NOT SECURE ON CROSS BAR, CAUSING BRAKE *

Decoration

N/A