Binney & Burnham

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Binney & Burnham
legal form
founding 1902
resolution 1903
Seat Boston , Massachusetts , USA
management
  • James L. Binney
  • John Appleton Burnham
Branch Automobiles

Binney & Burnham was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

James L. Binney and John Appleton Burnham founded the company in Boston , Massachusetts in January 1902 . At this point they had already made a steam car for George McQuesten. Now they produced vehicles according to customer orders. The brand name was Binney & Burnham . One of the buyers was Elliot C. Lee. Production ended in December 1902. In January 1903, the partners separated.

Burnham was then involved in Lyman & Burnham .

vehicles

Only heavy steam cars were on offer. The lightest two-seater weighed around 500 kg. Model B was a runabout and Model C was a touring car with space for eight people. The top speed is described as low. The steam engine had two cylinders .

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. 126 (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. 166. (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. 126 (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. 166. (English)