Secrétand steam car
The Secrétand steam car is an early French automobile .
Jules Secrétand was a young mechanic when in 1890, within six months of his workshop in Clairvaux-les-Lacs, he made a steam car . In 1891 he won first prize at an industrial exhibition in Bourg-en-Bresse . The vehicle has three wheels, with the single wheel in the front. The engine is mounted in the rear of the vehicle.
The vehicle has been preserved and can be viewed in the Musée Henri Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône .
literature
- Jacques Rousseau and Jean-Paul Caron: Guide de l'automobile française. Solar, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-263-01105-6 (French)
- Author collective: Steam. The collection of steam vehicles. Musée Henri Malartre, Rochetaillée (English)
Web links
Commons : Secrétand - collection of images, videos and audio files
