Eclipse Automobile Company

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Eclipse Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1903
Seat Boston , Massachusetts , USA
Branch Automobiles

Eclipse Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Massachusetts in 1900 . The headquarters were in Boston and the factory in Easton . Everett S. Cameron was the designer. The production of automobiles began, which were marketed as the Eclipse . In January 1901, three vehicles were presented at an auto show in Boston. This was followed by seven orders, including one from the United States Postal Service . Production ended in 1903.

Cameron had already left the company in 1901 and then founded the Taunton Automobile Company and later Cameron .

There were no affiliations with any of the other Eclipse-branded car manufacturers: Eclipse Machine Company (Ohio) , Eclipse Machine Division , Krueger Manufacturing Company , Eclipse Machine Company (Michigan), and Eclipse Motor Car Company .

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . The steam engine had three cylinders . It drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 157 cm . The open runabout offered space for two people. Was steered with a steering lever.

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. 515 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 480 (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. 515 (English).
  2. George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 480 (English).