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was a manufacturer of hardware and bicycles and entered the automobile business producing an electric car from 1899 to 1900. The electric car sold in small quantities until fall 1900 when they decided to switch to steam cars and the
Stearns Steam Carriage Company was formed. George M. Barnes
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Station Wagon was priced at $ 1,600, equivalent to $ 58,598 in 2023. By November of 1901, the Stearns Steam Carriage Company reported to have produced over 100 cars.
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became a subsidiary, but in the summer of 1903 the property of the
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A Stearns participated in the 1901 500 Mile
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engine, with a chain drive and tiller steering. It was offered in several body styles, including a
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designed the steam car based on his Barnes Steam Trap of 1899.
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