Bay State Motive Power Company

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Bay State Motive Power Company
legal form Company
founding 1896
resolution 1896
Seat Springfield , Massachusetts , USA
Branch Automobiles

Bay State Motive Power Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Springfield , Massachusetts in 1896 . Charles N. King, CW Mansfield, George N. Morton and E. Abbot Todd were involved. LE Walkins was the manager-director and the designer. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Walkins . Production ended in 1896.

vehicles

50 vehicles were planned. 10 should have an electric motor , 10 a compressed air motor and 30 a gasoline engine . Both passenger cars and commercial vehicles were to be created. It is certain that some vehicles were made, but far fewer than 50.

One illustration shows an electric car with two rows of seats.

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. 1507-1508 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1716 (English).

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. 1507-1508 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1716 (English).