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Reading Steamer

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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.

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.

References

Reading Steamer Wikipedia