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BREAKDOWN: .1 AUTOMOBILE (STEAM CARRIAGE); .2 BOILER.
PTS: 4 WHEELS, 1
TONGUE, 1 STEERING ROD/ COLOUR: DARK GREEN W BLACK/ LICENCE:
REGISTRATION/ NO KEY/ MANUFACTURER: H.S. TAYLOR IS INVENTOR
BUILDER
*VALUE: U.S. FUNDS/ SEE FIRST DAY COVER & STAMP DEPICTING
TAYLOR STEAM
BUGGY (930173.1 &.4)/ SAFETY VALVE TYPE 1445 MFD. BY MANNING, MAXWELL,
MOORE INC., STRATFORD, CONN./ THE CHASSIS, REAR AXLE,
ENGINE, STEERING
MECHANISM ARE ALL ORIGINAL COMPONENTS OF SETH TAYLOR`S
VEHICLE. MOST OF
THE REMAINDER, THE BOILER, WHEELS ETC. ARE NOT ORIGINAL./ IN
1867 SETH
TAYLOR, A WATCHMAKER FROM STANSTEAD, QUE. UNVEILED HIS STEAM
BUGGY, THE
PRODUCT OF 7 YEARS WORK. IT WAS A 4 WHEEL, 1 SEATER, OPEN
CARRIAGE WITHTILLER STEERING, A WATER TANK OVER THE FRONT
AXLE, A WOOD FIRED AXLE WITH 60 LBS PRESSURE. AFTER CRASHING IT ON ITS SECOND RUN,
TAYLOR
ABANDONED AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
All pictures were photographed at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa
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