 Emile Lamm developed two types of fireless locomotive, one using ammonia and the other using stored steam.Lamm founded two companies, "Ammonia & Thermo-Specific Propelling Company of America" in 1872 and (with Sylvester L. Langdon) "Lamm Fireless Engine Company" in 1874.Lamm's fireless engines were briefly popular, both in the United States and in France, but were soon displaced by electric trams.