Boss Knitting Machine Works

Boss Knitting Machine Works
legal form
founding	1892
resolution	?
Seat	Reading , Pennsylvania , USA
management	James L. Eck
Branch	Knitting machines

Boss Knitting Machine Works was an American company.

Company history

James L. Eck founded the company in Reading , Pennsylvania in 1892 . He made knitting machines. He also produced automobiles between 1897 and 1909 . The brand name was Boss . A total of 22 vehicles were built, one of which still exists. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

There was no connection with Long-Crawford Automobile Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

Only steam cars were on offer . The steam engine had two cylinders. In the first models it developed 7 HP , from 1905 8 HP and from 1907 10 HP. The chassis had a wheelbase of 190 cm . Open superstructures were available. The runabout offered space for two people and the Dos-à-dos space for four people, back to back.

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. 137 (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. 183. (English)

Web links

• Virtual Steam Car Museum (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. 137 (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. 183. (English)