One of the more fascinating items on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Science was a steam-powered bicycle built in 1885 by inventor Lucius Day Copeland in Phoenix, Arizona. Beginning with this augmentation of his Star high wheel safety bicycle, he went on to become a steam-power pioneer - designing a number of similar bicycles before graduating to automobiles.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Bicycle built for...Steam
One of the more fascinating items on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Science was a steam-powered bicycle built in 1885 by inventor Lucius Day Copeland in Phoenix, Arizona. Beginning with this augmentation of his Star high wheel safety bicycle, he went on to become a steam-power pioneer - designing a number of similar bicycles before graduating to automobiles.
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