Monday, August 12, 1901. Driving up Pikes Peak.
Driver William B. Felker, Jr. and mechanic Charles A. Yont drove a steam-powered Locomobile along a treacherous road used for horse-drawn carriages, up Pikes Peak, the first people to do so by automobile.
1900 model Locomobile.
No one would attempt this again for the following decade.
Locomobiles were introduced as steam powered cars in 1899. In 1903 production was switched to internal combustion engines. The company was purchased by Durant motors in 1922, and production ceased in 1929.
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