Mobile Company of America
The Mobile Company of America was an American steam automobile manufacturer founded in 1899 by John B. Walker after a fallout with businessman Amzi L. Barber, whose financing had earlier allowed Walker to purchase the now well-known Stanley Steamer concern. It was based in Tarrytown, New York.[1]
By 1903, the Mobile Company of America was out of business, while Barber's Locomobile Company of America abandoned steam car production in 1901 in favor of petrol-engine vehicles, selling the Stanley brothers back their factory and steam engine patents for $20,000 despite having originally paid $250,000 for the operation.[2][3]
Mobile steam car, 1900
Mobile steam car display at the D&SNG Museum in Durango, Colorado
See also[]
- Freelan Oscar Stanley and Francis Edgar Stanley
- John Brisben Walker
- Amzi L. Barber
- Stanley Motor Carriage Company
- Locomobile Company of America
References[]
- ^ "The Mobile Company of America". Virtual Steam Car Museum. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Steam Cars, 1770-1970, Copyright 1971 St. Martin's Press, New York
- ^ 100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition, Copyright 1999 Publications International, Ltd.
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