CLARK
Johnson E Clark of Massillon, Ohio patented a traction engine with Ackermann-type front axle in 1890. The steersman sat alongside the boiler above the axle. It seems that he may have required a horse to provide power steering as front shafts were fitted.
A probably unrelated Edward S Clark of Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA is known to have been making boilers in the mid-1890s and around 1900 formed Edward S Clark Steam Automobiles. He started with light machines on which two passengers sat on foldaway seats in front of the driver. A larger machine with a four-cylinder horizontally opposed engine under the seat and front boiler followed in 1904. This was modernised a year or two later with raked steering column and large bonnet with a radiator-like condenser at front. This cost twice as much as the comparable White and led to drastic price reductions up to the end in about 1909. A few steam goods vehicles had also been offered and for 1910-12 the Clark trucks were internal combustion two-stroke powered. Clark also made motor components which appear to have been more profitable.
There were numerous other vehicle-making Clarks but no others seemed to espouse steam. In passing it is interesting to note
