Armstrong Manufacturing Company

Armstrong Manufacturing Company
legal form	Company
founding	1872
resolution	?
Seat	Bridgeport , Connecticut , USA
Branch	Toolmaking

Armstrong from 1896

Armstrong Manufacturing Company was an American company.

Company history

Frank Armstrong and Henry House began building tools and machines in 1870 . In 1872 they founded the company on Knowlton Street in Bridgeport , Connecticut . House left the company in 1883, after which Armstrong built a new factory. A catalog from 1887 contains customer publications dating back to 1884. In 1896 one or more automobiles were built. The brand name was Armstrong . One vehicle still exists.

It is unclear whether the company is identical to the company called United Pattern Company , which was founded in the same town as Armstrong Manufacturing Company on March 2, 1886 , renamed in 1952, and dissolved in 1980. Company name, city and industry speak in favor, the year against it.

vehicles

There is only data from the surviving vehicle. It has a two-cylinder engine with a displacement of 6500 cm³ . The engine power is transmitted to the rear axle via belts. The hybrid drive is unusual .

The wheelbase is 188 cm. The open body offers space for four people.

The vehicle took part in a Concours d'Elegance in Schwetzingen in 2002 . In 2005 it was in the Loder Collection in Lower Beeding in England and in 2012 in the Bexhill Museum in Bexhill-on-Sea .

In October 2014, RM Auctions offered the vehicle at an auction. The Bonhams auction house auctioned the vehicle on March 10, 2016 for around 400,000 euros .

literature

• Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 64 (English).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 71. (English)

Web links

Commons : Armstrong Manufacturing Company  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 64 (English).
2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 71. (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Connecticut. An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites ( Memento of the original dated October 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF, p. 40. (accessed September 9, 2017) 
4. ↑ Catalog and price list from 1887 (English, accessed on September 9, 2017)
5. ↑ opencorporates (English, accessed on September 9, 2017)
6. ↑ Exhibition 2012 (accessed September 9, 2017)
7. ↑ 2014 auction (accessed September 9, 2017)
8. ↑ Auction 2016 (accessed September 9, 2017)