ET Burrowes Company

ET Burrowes Company
legal form	Company
founding	1875
resolution	?
Seat	Portland , Maine , USA
Branch	Glass

Burrowes Model E from 1908

ET Burrowes Company was an American company.

Company history

The company was founded in 1875. It was based in Portland , Maine . It originally made glass . Automobiles were also made between 1904 and 1908 . The brand name was Burrowes . There were eight vehicles in total, one of which still exists and a second is likely.

In 1912, when Edward Thomas Burrowes retired, it was the largest glass manufacturer in the world. Around 1912, it also manufactured pool tables and folding tables. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

vehicles

From 1904 to 1905 there was a small car. A single cylinder engine was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle via a chain. The open runabout offered space for two people.

In 1908 a larger touring car was in the range. It had a four-cylinder engine and cardan drive .

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. 196 (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. 226. (English)

Web links

Commons : ET Burrowes Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 196 (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. 226. (English)
3. ↑ David Guynes: Managing Household Pests the Old-Fashioned Way: Defenses Against Pest Damage in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (accessed October 14, 2017)