Peerless Long-Distance Steam Carriage Company

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The Peerless long distance Steam Carriage Company in Washington, DC was an American manufacturer of steam-powered automobiles and parts.

description

The company's founder, CH Peck, had an original business idea: from 1900 onwards, he offered kits and construction plans with which a horse-drawn carriage could be converted into a steam car . The high-performance machine with a kerosene - burner made allegedly 16 hp (11.8 kW), brought the wagon to 39 mph (about 62 km / h) and was using the supplied tanks a range of 100 miles (about 160 km). The kit cost US $ 450, the steam engine alone US $ 350.

In February 1901, the company announced its own complete car. The brand went out in the same year.

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1166 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1166 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 223 (English).