The Empire Steamer was a
steam-driven car
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded as ...
designed by William H. Terwilliger of the
Empire Auto Company of
Amsterdam, New York
Amsterdam is a city in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,219. The city is named after Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The City of Amsterdam is surrounded on the northern, eastern ...
. Several experimental models were made from 1898 but production only started in 1904. The car had a two-cylinder engine with boiler mounted centrally. the cars were advertised at $2000.
See also
*
Steam car
A steam car is a car (automobile) propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine (ECE) in which the fuel is combusted outside of the engine, unlike an internal combustion engine (ICE) in which fuel is combusted in ...
*
Empire (1901 automobile)
*
Empire (1910 automobile)
*
Empire Steam Car
References
Steam cars
{{Veteran-auto-stub