Eadie Manufacturing Company

Eadie Manufacturing Company Ltd.
legal form	Limited
founding	1891
resolution	1907
Seat	Redditch
management	Albert Eadie
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Eadie Manufacturing Company Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles , motorcycles and bicycles .

Company history

Albert Eadie and Robert Walker Smith took over the bicycle business from George Townsend in 1891. In 1892 the name was changed to Eadie Manufacturing Company . The seat was in Redditch . First of all, sewing needles and bicycles were created. There was a close connection with Royal Enfield . In 1898 the production of automobiles, motorcycles and tricycles began. The brand name was Eadie . Motor vehicle production ended in 1903. In 1907, Birmingham Small Arms Company took over the company.

vehicles

Built-in motors from De Dion-Bouton , Minerva Motors and MMC were used for the motorcycles and tricycles . The four-wheeled vehicle was a quadricycle . It had a De Dion-Bouton engine with 2.25 hp .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

Web links

• Grace's Guide (accessed February 22, 2014)
• The Online Bicycle Museum (accessed February 22, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .