Chicago House Wrecking Company

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Chicago House Wrecking Company
legal form Company
founding 1893
resolution 1913
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Houses , automobiles

Chicago House Wrecking Company was an American manufacturer of houses and automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Chicago , Illinois in 1883 . Mainly it made houses. In 1910, a number of automobiles were also made that were marketed as Harris .

In 1913 it became Harris Brothers .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had an air-cooled two - cylinder four-stroke engine . It made 12 hp . It was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 188 cm . The setup was a simple runabout with two seats. There was a choice of versions as Model C with solid rubber tires and Model D with pneumatic tires. The original price was 395 US dollars .

With the vertical bulkhead at the front of the vehicle and the steering lever, the vehicle looked old-fashioned.

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. 678 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 673 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 678 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 673 (English).
  3. ↑ a b From House-wrecker to Home Maker: The Harris Brothers from February 10, 2011 (English, accessed April 7, 2018)