Buckeye Manufacturing Company

Buckeye Manufacturing Company
legal form	Company
founding	1884
resolution	?
Seat	Union City , Ohio , USA
Branch	mechanical engineering

Buckeye Gasoline Buggy (1891)

Lambert stationary engine (1895)

Buckeye Manufacturing Company (1908)

The Buckeye Manufacturing Company was a manufacturing company that originally made parts for small wagons .

description

The company was originally founded in Union City, Ohio in 1884 as Lambert Brothers and Company . In the early 20th century, it manufactured the Buckeye Gasoline Buggy and parts for the Lambert Automobile Company and the Union Automobile Company .

One of the subsidiaries was the Pioneer Pole and Shaft Company which was headed by George A. Lambert , the son of the founder John W. Lambert . Other subsidiaries were the Union Automobile Company, the Lambert Automobile Company and the Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company , which were directed by John W. Lambert himself.

history

Buckeye Manufacturing Company was founded in 1884 with registered capital of $ 2,000 . Originally, yokes were made for buggies and other wagon parts. Six workers and a few boys were employed as helpers in the company. After a few years the company name was changed to JH Osborne and Company . Then some tools were added to the range. The company developed a hand-operated drill that bore the company's name. In 1890, Mr. Osborne left the company, which then reverted to its original name. In 1891 the Buckeye Manufacturing Company burned down. The damage to buildings and goods amounted to $ 15,000, of which $ 12,000 was covered by insurance. With this money, the company buildings were rebuilt.

The Buckeye stationary engine designed by John W. Lambert was patented in 1894. The company started building these stationary engines because customers were not yet interested in Lambert's automobiles. That year the working capital was also increased to $ 100,000. John W. Lambert became President of the Society and his parents held other key positions. His father became vice president and his mother became chief secretary and head of accounting.

Then the Buckeye Manufacturing Company moved to Anderson, Indiana, to the Evalyn Industrial Park on Third Street and Sycamore Street. In 1903 they bought 20,000 m² on Columbus Avenue. The Anderson Weekly Herald reported that the new factory would have up to 28,000 square feet of manufacturing space and would employ 350 to 400 people. It would be equipped with the most modern facilities, such as electric cranes. The building investment should be $ 150,000. A contract for the steel construction work should be signed with the general contractor a few days after the newspaper article appeared. The factory produced gasoline engines and pressed steel parts for Lambert automobiles.

The site was called the Hannah Croak site and belonged to Mrs. Hannah Carey and Mrs. Pfafflin. The transaction was handled by Sears Real Estate Company . The Buckeye Manufacturing Company then became part of the Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company. Parts for Lambert automobiles were manufactured in the new factory. Series production began in 1905.

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. 157 (English).
• Biography of John W. Lambert, written by his son, January 25, 1935, obtained from the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection
• Dolnar, Hugh: Automobile Trade Journal , Article: The Lambert, 1906 Line of Automobiles , Chilton Company (January 10, 1906)
• Netterville, JJ: Centennial History of Madison County, Indiana , Historian's Association, Anderson (1925)
• Bailey, L. Scott: Historic Discovery: 1891 Lambert, New Claim for America's First Car , Antique Automobile magazine, Issue 24, No. 5, (October-November 1960)
• David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles , ISBN 0-7858-1106-0
• Dittlinger, Esther et altera: Anderson: A Pictorial History , G. Bradley Publishing (1990), ISBN 0943963168
• Georgano, GN: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile , Taylor & Francis (2000), ISBN 1-5795829-3-1
• Huffman, Wallace Spencer: Indiana's Place in Automobile History in Indiana History Bulletin , Issue 44, No. 2, Indiana Historical Bureau, Indianapolis (February 1967)
• Huhti, Thomas: The Great Indiana Touring Book: 20 Spectacular Auto Tours , Big Earth Publishing (2002), ISBN 1-9315990-9-2
• James, Wanda: Driving from Japan , McFarland (2005), ISBN 0-786417-3-4X
• Kimes, Beverly Rae: Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942 , Krause Publications, Iola (1996), ISBN 0-8734142-8-4
• Madden, WC: Haynes-Apperson and America's First Practical Automobile: A History , McFarland (2003), ISBN 0-7864139-7-2
• Scharchburg, Richard P .: Carriages Without Horses: J. Frank Duryea and the Birth of the American Automobile Industry , Society of American Engineers (1993), ISBN 1-5609138-0-0

Web links

Commons : Buckeye Manufacturing Company  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} John L. Forkner: History of Madison County, Indiana. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York and Chicago 1914.
2. ↑ Indianapolis Star, March 22, 1914, Anderson section, pp. 18-19.
3. ^ The Horseless Age. The Automobile Trade Magazine, p. 127.
4. ↑ Anderson Morning Herald, June 24, 1904: p. 3; March 14, 1905: p. 8; March 21, 1905: p. 1; April 30, 1905: p. 2; May 10, 1905: p. 1; May 24, 1905: p. 1; June 16, 1909: p. 1; November 18, 1909: p. 8; January 27, 1911: p. 8; March 11, 1911: p. 8.
5. ^ ^{A b} Anderson Sunday Herald, Anderson (Indiana), Nov. 16, 1958.
6. ↑ Rodney H. Brandon: Who is Who in Anderson. Self-published in 1906.
7. ↑ A Very Early Manufacturer ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2011) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ^ ^{A b} One of the Largest Factories in the city is now promised by the Lambert Brothers. Anderson Weekly Herald, March 20, 1903.