Duquesne Construction Company

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Duquesne Motor Car Company
Duquesne Construction Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1906
Seat Jamestown , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Duquesne Construction Company , previously Duquesne Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Businessmen from New York founded the Duquesne Motor Car Company in Buffalo in the US state of New York . In early 1904 they moved to Jamestown to accept discounts there. The production of automobiles began in 1904. The brand name was Duquesne . Production ended in early 1906 when the company was sold to RJ Straight.

A total of about six vehicles were built. Five or six vehicles were sold.

There was no connection to Duquesne Motor Car Company of Pittsburgh , which some years later was active.

vehicles

With the Model C, there was only one model on offer . A four-cylinder engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a cardan shaft . He was specified with 16/21 hp . The round grille was eye-catching. One source states that it was an air-cooled engine; then the grille would have been a dummy . The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase . The open touring car with two rear doors and side access offered space for five people. Striking and unusual at the time were the cornering lights , the starter and the front seat, which automatically folded forward when the rear door was opened.

A planned model with a six-cylinder engine no longer appeared on the market.

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. 502-503 (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. 468 (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. 502-503 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 468 (English).