White 30 HP
Car : White 30 HP
Year : 1908
Engine : twin-cylinder, steam
Bore and stroke :-
Cylinder capacity : -
Gears : 2 forward
Brake horse power : 30
Maximum speed : 50 mph
Wheelbase : 8 ft 8 ins (2.64 m)
Suspension : -
Although White started as a car manufacturer in 1901, it now makes trucks. Rollin H. White began in business making sewing-machines, but he soon became interested in cars, especially steam-cars (based on the French Serpollets).

From making a two-seater buggy (with a double-acting twin-cylinder engine situated at the back and with flash-boiler with superheater) the firm progressed to more sophisticated models equipped with condenser, which considerably reduced the consumption of water in the boiler.
Like almost every manufacturer of the time, Rollin White realized how much publicity could be gained through races, and he won a reputation for himself by the excellent performance of his cars.
The 1908 30 HP was one of White’s last steam-cars. It had a pressure regulator and a device for measuring the temperature of the superheated steam. White saw in time that steam propulsion would be replaced by gasoline-driven engines, and so in 1910 he turned to internal combustion engines.
His new cars were distinguished for their quality and the care taken in their construction. After the First World War, White struck out in a new direction again, concentrating exclusively on heavy goods vehicles.