needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message the 1857s red devil steamer dudgeon was an american steam automobile company active in the middle of the 19th century . in 1855 inventor richard dudgeon astounded new yorkers by driving from his home to his place of business in a steam carriage . the noise and vibration generated by the red devil steamer frightened horses so badly that city authorities confined it to one street . after losing the original in a fire dudgeon constructed a second steamer in 1866 . after encountering more opposition to the vehicle he moved his family and the steam carriage to long island to escape city officials . here he and his carriage became a familiar site often with a young boy running ahead to warn travelers of the danger that followed . dudgeon ran the steam carriage many hundreds of miles and once covered a mile in under two minutes . although the inventor claimed the carriage could carry 10 people at 14 m.p.h. on one barrel of anthracite coal it was too far ahead of its time and failed to gain popular favor . 1 references edit dudgeon automobile page external links edit dudgeon steam wagon at smithsonian 1 http sbiii.com dudgeon.html this united states transportation corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dudgeon steam automobile company & oldid 738811738 categories steam carsunited states transportation company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2009all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 05 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view