Locomobile Company of America To learn more about Locomobiles, see: Ball, Donald L., The Genealogy of the Locomobile Steam Carriage, 1899-1904, (The Stanley Museum, Inc., Kingfield, ME, 1994). To purchase a copy, visit the Stanley Museum web site. The "Locomobile" Company of America was an extraordinarily prolific advertiser. The company manufactured steam cars from 1899 - 1904. In 1903, it began the transition to gasoline cars. Steam cars were advertised early in 1904, but by 1905, the company was out of the steam car business. The company was originally called Automobile Company of America, but the name was already taken. The First Car in Hartsville, South Carolina was a Locomobile. For information, see below. Copyright 2007 Donald & Carolyn Hoke |