Grout steam car

The locomotive like appearance of this car, with its cylindrical front, the single headlight in the middle and, most striking of all, the cowcatcher, is meant to make it immediately clear what powers it: steam

This four seater touring car from the American brand Grout has a two cylinder steam engine producing 12 hp. A patented system directs heat and unpleasant odors away from the occupants. The steam is condensed and reused. In 1904 the car costs about 1,500 dollars. Financed by their father, who made a fortune in the sewing machine industry, the three Grout brothers from Orange, Massachusetts start building cars in 1898. Grout Bros. first makes gasoline cars, but later focuses on steam cars. The cars are also exported to England and sold there under the name Weston. Financially, however, the company is constantly on the brink of collapse and in 1912 it goes bankrupt. Only very few Grouts have survived.