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The Waltham Steam was an American 
Waltham Museum: ''The Waltham Steam Cars of Piper and Tinker''
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(retrieved 27 February 2013) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Steam cars Steam road vehicle manufacturers Vehicles introduced in 1899 1890s cars 1900s cars American companies established in 1899 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1899 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1902 1899 establishments in Massachusetts 1902 disestablishments in Massachusetts Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Massachusetts Defunct manufacturing companies based in Massachusetts
steam car
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George Tinker and John Piper
Engineers George M. Tinker and John W. Piper were employees of the Waltham Manufacturing Company, at that time makers of Orient brand bicycles inWaltham, Massachusetts
Waltham ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, ...
. In 1898, they were allowed by the company's owner, Charles Herman Metz, to build a light steam buggy at a corner of the plant. This vehicle was finished at the end of the year and named the Waltham Steam. It had a very light , two cylinder, double acting steam engine. The copper-built condenser weighted in at , and the complete vehicle at only . It had wire wheels, and steering was provided by a vertically mounted lever. Tinker and Piper exhibited their steam buggy at the Boston Automobile Show in 1898.
Two more steam cars followed under the label Tinker & Piper. Meantime, Metz had sold out his company to Charles A. Coffin and H.P. Clough but stayed in the position of a general manager. Coffin was an executive of the General Electric Company (GE). Seeking markets for GE products, he ordered a light electric car to be made by Tinker and Piper. They built it also at the Waltham Manufacturing plant. It had a wheelbase of and an electric motor by General Electric. It was presented as the Orient Electric at the New York Cycle & Automobile Show in 1899. Neither Tinker and Piper nor Metz were impressed, and there were no more electric vehicles to follow.
Waltham Automobile Company
In 1899100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition, Copyright 1999 Publications International, Ltd. or early 1900,Waltham Museum: ''The Waltham Steam Cars of Piper and Tinker'' Tinker and Piper left the Waltham Manufacturing Company through consensual agreement with, and support from, Charles Metz, to start their own business. Their Waltham Automobile Company was located at 130-136 Newton Street in Waltham and started building smallsteam-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 ...
stanhopes that sold for $750 with a Victoria top. Further, there might have been some steamers with Vis-à-vis
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coachwork.
Production ended in 1902 or 1903.
Of the unknown number of Waltham steam vehicles built, one Stanhope is still in existence.
Waltham of Springfield, Massachusetts
An unrelated company in Springfield, Massachusetts also produced a steam powered automobile under the Waltham name in 1905.See also
* Brass Era car *List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers
This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out.
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References
Sources
* Beverly Rae Kimes (ed.) and Henry Austin Clark, jr.: ''The Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805–1942'', 2nd edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990, USA (1985), * Beverly Rae Kimes (ed.) and Henry Austin Clark, jr.: ''The Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805–1942'', 3rd edition, Krause Publications, Iola WI 54990, USA (1985), * G. N. Georgano (ed.): ''Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present''; Dutton Press, New York, 2nd edition (Hardcover) 1973, * Beverly Rae Kimes: ''Pioneers, Engineers, and Scoundrels: The Dawn of the Automobile in America.'' editors: SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Permissions, Warrendale PA 2005, {{ISBN, 0-7680-1431-X (Hardcover).External links
Waltham Museum: ''The Waltham Steam Cars of Piper and Tinker''
(retrieved 27 February 2013)
(retrieved 27 February 2013) Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Steam cars Steam road vehicle manufacturers Vehicles introduced in 1899 1890s cars 1900s cars American companies established in 1899 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1899 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1902 1899 establishments in Massachusetts 1902 disestablishments in Massachusetts Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Massachusetts Defunct manufacturing companies based in Massachusetts