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Edison, West Orange, 1902

Written by webmin

This image has been floating around the offices here at Hemmings for so long, we’re not sure who sent it to us or when. What we do know, besides the date of the photo, is that it depicts Thomas Edison (and presumably his wife Mina) within Edison’s compound in West Orange, New Jersey (now a […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, Baker Electric, Electric cars, Hemmings Classic Car, locations, Locomobile, personalities, Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison National Historical Park, West Orange New Jersey  
 

The first American automobile race?

Written by webmin

While we’re on the topic of steam-powered vehicles today, let’s take a look at a recent post over at The Old Motor, in which David Greenlees dug up some information on a 200-mile race through Wisconsin – from Green Bay to Madison – between a pair of steam buggies that took place in 1878. As […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, first American automobile race, Green Bay, Green Bay to Madison, Hemmings Classic Car, one-offs and homebuilts, Oshkosh, racing, steam, steam buggies, steam-powered, Wisconsin  
 

Gettin’ steamed on the bus

Written by webmin

In the year-plus since we discovered the photos of the first-ever Symposium on Low Pollution Power Systems Development, we’ve teased out more information on a couple of the attending vehicles: the McKee-built Sundancer and the GM 512-series micros. Next up, the Lear-built steam bus. While we only see evidence of one Lear steam bus, a […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, buses, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, Flxible, GMC, Lear, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, personalities, steam, steam-powered, William P. Lear  
 

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