H. H. Stewart had a strong interest in steam busses. This page contains steam bus images and information.
Stewart's relationship with the Detroit Motor Bus Company is unclear, but he was certainly interested in its work. The Detroit Motor Bus Co. Brochure describes the bus and the Doble engine and power plant. The photo pinned to the front of the brochure is a gasoline powered bus, but the same chassis and body that were used on the steam bus.
As with all the H. H. Stewart Archive pages, this is a work in progress. This first step is to document and organize the Archive, then use it to create a more structured story.
This is the Doble powered Detroit Motor Bus somewhere in the Detroit area. The three executives are not identified, but are almost certainly named in the Detroit Motor Bus brochure. Source: Stewart Archive.
This is a smaller and somewhat sharper printing of the Doble powered Detroit Motor Bus image with its three executives. Source: Stewart Archive.
While this image appears to have been printed at the same time as the three bus chassis photos below, the shape of the fender and condenser, as well as the bumper, identify it as the Doble Steam Bus. It may be another view in the Detroit Motor Bus factory. John Stewart is certain it is not a New Zealand Bus. Source: Stewart Archive.
This image is clearly identified as Doble Steam Motors, the "Engine and Rear Axel Assembly for H-3 Motorbus," and dated June 29, 1929. Thisis probably a Detroit Motor Bus related image. Source: Stewart Archive.
This is Detroit Motor Bus Co. brochure has Stewart's snapshot pinned to the top. The iconic image of the Englishman, James Watt, looking dreamily at a boiling tea kettle was often repeated in the 19th century. Source: Stewart Archive.
This is H. H. Stewart's snapshop of a gasoline bus. This same chassis and body was used on the Detroit Motor Bus. Stewart dates his photograph as December 10th, 1924. This was almost certainly after the time he spent in Newton, MA with the Stanley Division of the Steam Vehicle Corporation of America. There he worked on the Stanley SV 252. Source: Stewart Archive.
These three images appear to be chassis views of the Detroit Motor Bus during construction, probably sometime in early 1925. Source: Stewart Archive.
This image shows a steam powered bus in California. It may be an IHC or a General Motors body or perhaps a Fageot body. Source: Stewart Archive.
John Stewart identified this image as the "No. 2 Bus Chassis made by A & G Price, Thames, New Zealand, ca: 1931 - 1932. FAGEOT CHASSIS"?
