Stanley Motor Carriage Company

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A Stanley Steamer that drove a record mile on Daytona Beach in 1903
A Stanley K raceabout from 1908
Stanley steam car from 1923
Stanley steam bus
Steam generator of a Stanley steamer from 1919

Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American automobile manufacturer that produced steam cars . The seat was in Newton , Massachusetts . Production ran from 1897 to 1924.

The Stanley Rocket Steamer , driven by Fred Marriott , was the first automobile to go over 200 km / h.

Company formation

In 1897 the twin brothers Francis Edgar Stanley and Freelan O. Stanley built their first steam-powered automobile. The steam was generated in a vertically arranged boiler , which was attached behind the seats and heated by petroleum . The designers attached great importance to the safety of the steam generation. It was driven by two cylinders and a chain drive on the rear axle. In 1902, the two brothers founded the Stanley Motor Carriage Company to start manufacturing vehicles.

Rise and fall

The steam-powered Stanley steamers have been continuously developed. The boiler for generating steam was later moved to the front. To increase the range, condensers have been used for vapor recovery. In 1906 in Daytona Beach with the model "Stanley Rocket" by Fred Marriott, a world speed record for automobiles with steam drive was set with an impressive 195.6 km / h, which lasted for 103 years. The record for the fastest mile in this category also belongs to a Stanley Steamer with 28.2 seconds.

The competition from the internal combustion engine grew, however. In 1917 the two brothers sold their shares in Prescott Warren. Around 500 Stanley steamers had been built by then. There was no major technical development under the new owner. In 1924 the Steam Vehicle Corporation of America took over the company and continued production under its own brand name SV .

American television presenter Jay Leno is a passionate collector of vintage cars and also owns a Stanley steamer. According to his statements, the car is one of the favorite specimens, even if it is said to be losing water.

Production numbers

A total of over 10,000 vehicles were built.

year Production number
1901 80
1902 170
1903 300
1904 550
1905 610
1906 640
1907 775
1908 784
1909 613
1910 670
1911 535
1912 566
1913 475
1914 527
1915 403
1916 353
1917 519
1918 498
1919 499
1920 255
1921 310
1922 465
1923 181
1924 102
total 10,880

See also

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. 1377-1381 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1501-1502 (English).

Web links

Commons : Stanley Motor Carriage Company  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1377-1381 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1501-1502 (English).
  3. ^ Speed ​​Record Club: Outright Land Speed ​​Records. Retrieved December 16, 2017 .