Automobile and Marine Power Company

Automobile and Marine Power Company
legal form	Company
founding	1901 or earlier
resolution	1902
Seat	Camden , New Jersey , USA
Branch	Engines , automobiles

Automobile and Marine Power Company was an American manufacturer of engines and automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Camden , New Jersey . William C. Franch, Albert K. Kull and Edward M. Pine are named as founders. Mainly they made engines. In 1901 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was New Era . Production ended in 1902.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand New Era were New Era Engineering Company and New Era Motors Corporation .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. A single cylinder engine with 7 hp was mounted under the seat. It drove the rear wheels via two chains. The open body offered space for two or four people. Was steered with a steering lever. The curb weight was given as around 431 kg. The original price was initially 700 US dollars and was later increased to 850 dollars.

One source describes the appearance as clumsy and relates this to the short wheelbase and tall structure.

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. 1041 (English).
• George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1110 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 1041 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1110 (English).
3. ↑ American Automobiles (accessed November 10, 2018)