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Lucius Day Copeland was a pioneering 19th-century
Copeland also invented the first successfully mass-produced three-wheeled car. About 200 of his "Phaeton steamers" were produced before he retired in 1891.
Copeland had produced the first successful steam tricycle, with a range of and taking only 5 minutes to build up enough steam to average . Accompanied by another director of Northrop Manufacturing, Copeland successfully completed a return trip to Atlantic City of in one of his three-wheeled "Phaeton steamers". About 200 were produced before Copeland decided that he wasn't making enough money and retired in 1891.
Picture of Lucius Copeland and his steam bicycle in 1884
Copeland's 'Steam Tricycle Patent 1887
Advert for the Phaeton Moto-Cycle 1890
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engineer
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and inventor from Phoenix, Arizona
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who demonstrated one of the first motorcycle
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s, the Copeland steam bicycle
The Copeland steam bicycle was a steam powered, two-wheeled motor vehicle made by Lucius Copeland in 1881 and is sometimes classed as an early motorcycle.
In 1881 Copeland designed an efficient small steam boiler which could drive the large rear w ...
, a steam-powered
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. This pushing force can be tr ...
Star high-wheeler at the first Arizona Territorial Fair in 1884.
Three-wheeler
Copeland also invented the first successfully mass-produced three-wheeled car. About 200 of his "Phaeton steamers" were produced before he retired in 1891.
Copeland had produced the first successful steam tricycle, with a range of and taking only 5 minutes to build up enough steam to average . Accompanied by another director of Northrop Manufacturing, Copeland successfully completed a return trip to Atlantic City of in one of his three-wheeled "Phaeton steamers". About 200 were produced before Copeland decided that he wasn't making enough money and retired in 1891.
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Picture of Lucius Copeland and his steam bicycle in 1884
Copeland's 'Steam Tricycle Patent 1887
Advert for the Phaeton Moto-Cycle 1890
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