Stanley Steamers use a fire-tube boiler to power the double-acting two-cylinder engine; they outsell gas vehicles from 1899 to 1905. The Doble Model C steam car debuts at the National Automobile Show.

Stanley was losing steam by 1910, as internal-combustion cars advanced not only in performance ... two-cylinder, double-acting engine lying horizontally ahead of the rear axle, performance suffered.

The steam engine was so advanced that, in 1906, a steam car called the Stanley Rocket even held land speed record -- a heady 127 mph! Now, you might think that the steam car was only a success ...

Steam cars were fast—a Stanley Steamer set a record with a 28.2-second mile in 1906. Leno’s steam collection includes a selection of cars, stationary engines, and even an enormous Advance ...

Fred Marriott in his modified Stanley Steamer, the Rocket ... “With modern materials, steam cars could be as light as their [internal combustion engine] cousins. Throw in an advanced condenser ...

Of these, the Stanley Steamer (left), produced from 1896 to ... the release of compressed air from onboard tanks drove the car's engine. Miller's vehicle was never commercially produced, but ...

Stanleys are named after the inventor twins F.E. and F.O. Stanley. Their steam cars were popular in the early years of the 20th century before being overtaken by the internal-combustion engine.

But by the 1920s, the convenience of the internal combustion engine had essentially ... a modified version of the then-popular steam car known as the Stanley Steamer. Officials from motor sport ...

Curt Brohard and his brother Allan took 20 years to restore a rare surviving 1906 Stanley steam-powered car. The year this car was built, a Stanley steamer set the world’s land-speed record of ...

With a low hum, the car’s steam engine briskly pushed the vehicle forward with 1,000 foot-pounds of torque, smoothly accelerating the car and its four passengers to forty miles per hour in just ...