Baldwin (vehicle brand)

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Baldwin delivery truck from 1896

Baldwin was an American vehicle brand.

Brand history

LFN Baldwin designed a steam car in 1896 . Production took place at Cruickshank Steam Engine Works in Providence , Rhode Island . The buyer was the local department store Shepard & Company . The brand name was Baldwin , possibly with the addition of Steam . In 1898 he started a second vehicle, which he completed in 1899. Also in 1899 he founded the Baldwin Automobile Company in Providence. Horacio Fraser was the Society's president and Chester Campbell was its secretary. In mid-1900 the company name changed to Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company and in 1901 again to Baldwin Motor Wagon Company . Production ended in 1901. It is not known whether more than the two vehicles mentioned were made.

Baldwin then founded the Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company in Connellsville , Pennsylvania .

vehicles

The vehicles were steam cars. The first was a delivery truck .

The second vehicle had a two-cylinder - steam engine . The engine power was transferred to the rear axle by means of a chain. The open body offered space for four people. The maximum speed should have been 40 km / h.

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. 102 (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. 129. (English)

Web links

Commons : Baldwin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 102 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 129. (English)