Reading Steamer

Reading Steamer
Industry Automobile
Founded 1901
Headquarters Reading, Pennsylvania
Products Steam powered automobiles

Reading Steamer was an American steam powered automobile maker established in 1901 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Their advertisement promised their Model B "runs indefinitely without attention." They featured a four-cylinder when most steamers used only two.[1]

Reading Steam Carriage

It had a bench seat over the engine compartment with tiller type steering. Drive was by chain to the rear wheels. The Model B sold for $750.[2]

References

  1. 100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition,. Publications International. 1999. p. 24.
  2. 100 Years of the American Auto, p. 19
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