Dawson Manufacturing Company

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Dawson Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1901
Seat Basic City , Virginia , USA
management George Dawson
Branch Automobiles

Dawson Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles and also the first in its branch in the US state of Virginia .

Company history

George Dawson was from Cincinnati . He founded the company in Basic City , Virginia in 1899 and built its first vehicle. He advertised it in an automobile magazine and received a few inquiries, but no firm orders. He then sold the first vehicle to Luther Gaw and John Clark. The brand name was Dawson . Work began on a second vehicle, but it was no longer completed. In 1901 the company was dissolved when Dawson drove back to Cincinnati.

There was no association with JH Dawson Machinery Company , which later used the same brand name.

vehicles

The only model was called Auto-Mobile . It was a steam car . The steam engine had two cylinders . It drove the rear axle via a chain. Was steered with a steering lever. The open runabout offered space for three people. The maximum speed was given as 40 km / h on good roads.

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. 420 (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. 392. (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. 420 (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. 392. (English)