The Baldwin steamer had a 2-cylinder double-acting vertical engine, with condenser mounted in front on the dash. The body seated two passengers, and final drive was by single chain.[1]
The Baldwin steam car was on the market as early as July 1900. Advertisements in 1904 note that it was in receivership. The factory survived as late as 1908 whan an effort to make gasoline cars failed. It is unclear if the Locomotor Steam Carriage was made by the Baldwin firm or if it is a successor firm that acquired the Baldwin assets. Much research remains to be done.
As early as July 1900, the Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company was advertising in such publications as The Automobile. John A. Conde Collection.
On August 22, 1900, the Horseless Age carried the Baldwin steam car advertisement on the left. THe advertisement on the right also appeared in 1900.
This November 1900 Baldwin advertisement placed its car in the center of a calendar, promoting its all-weather reliability. The Automobile p. 2157. John A. Conde Collection.
This Baldwin trade catalogue is undated.
In August 1908, the Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal carried a short notice that the Baldwin factory would be converted to manufacture gasoline automobiles. This effort never came to fruition. John A. Conde Collection.
this advertisement on page 49 of his steam car book, without any information as to its date or publication.
John A. Conde Collection.
This letter is from the receivers for the Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company. The Washington Coal and Coke Company was hoping to get paid.
This advertisement, from The Automobile magazine of August 1904, p. 4. It carries he corporate name Receivers Baldwin Automobile COmpany. John A. Conde Collection.
John A. Conde's file folder lists the American Locomotor Manufacturing Company, 1900 - 1901, which was presumably the predecessor of the Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company that went into receivership by 1904. John A. Conde Collection.
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