Black Diamond Automobile Company

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Black Diamond Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1905
Seat Geneva , New York , USA
management Dewett Hallenbeck
Branch Automobiles

Black Diamond Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Dewett Hallenbeck, George P. Rogers, Edward J. Cook, George W. Spencer, John F. Hylan and William Dieter founded the company in 1903. The seat was in Geneva , New York . Hallenbeck was president and Dieter the designer. You started by developing an automobile. The brand name was Black Diamond . However, this project got stuck in the prototype stage.

In 1904 the company merged with the Buckmobile Company . As a result, their Buckmobile was revised and manufactured in a plant in Utica . Production ended in August 1905 when the company was dissolved.

vehicles

The 1903 prototype had a steam engine that Dieter designed. Further details of this steam vehicle are not known.

The Buckmobile had a two-cylinder engine with 15 hp . It was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle. The roadster offered space for two people.

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. 129-130 (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. 209. (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. 129-130 (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. 209. (English)