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In the spring of 1972, Edward M. Ashley built this steam car, featuring a propane fired boiler and a vertical stationary steam engine mounted over the front axle.

Edward M. Ashley Steam Car, Clecveland, Ohio, April 27, 1972 Edward M. Ashley Steam Car, Clecveland, Ohio, April 27, 1972

This April 27, 1972 Cleveland Plain Dealer press photograph features Edward M. Ashley's Steam Car. It was one of a host of such home made steam cars that was to have solved the air polution problem.

[1]Georgano, G. N., Encyclopedia of American Automobiles, (New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1968), p. 124.

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