CF Sparks Machine Company

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CF Sparks Machine Company
legal form Company
founding 1903 or earlier
resolution 1914
Seat Alton , Illinois , USA
management CF Sparks
Branch Automobiles , engines , boats

CF Sparks Machine Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles , engines, and boats .

Company history

The company was based in Alton , Illinois . In 1903 it made some automobiles. The brand name was Sparks . Engines were offered in 1904. The main line of business was the manufacture of yachts .

1914 sold CS Sparks the company offers a syndicate of St. Louis .

There was no connection with the Sparks Automobile Company , which from 1899 onwards used the same brand name for its passenger cars.

Products

The passenger cars were created according to customer orders. One buyer was Oscar J. Conrad. An illustration shows a runabout .

The engines offered were two - cylinder boxer engines . They made between 12 and 15 hp .

Four-cylinder four - stroke engines were offered for boats .

One of the ships was described in a November 1908 magazine about motor boats. It had a four-cylinder, four-stroke engine with an output of 20 hp. The length was 12.5 meters (41 feet ).

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. 1362 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 1362 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 267 (English).
  3. ↑ Motorboating Magazine July 1908 (accessed February 23, 2019)
  4. ↑ Motorboating Magazine November 1908 (accessed February 23, 2019)