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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Astounding Steam-Powered Vehicles in History
The steam engine has a long and illustrious past and vehicles powered by steam were being beta-tested throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Eventually steam power was replaced by the internal-combustion engine as a means of vehicle propulsion but io9 has posted some amazing pictures of contraptions from bygone days.
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I met louis Ross, the man that drove,(and crashed) that steam powered Woggle Bug at Daytona Beach in 1904. In his later years he ran a shop near Boston that repaired steam vehicles.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bruce. That's very interesting.
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