Edward S. Clark Steam Automobiles

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Edward S. Clark Steam Automobiles
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founding 1895
resolution 1912
Seat Boston , Massachusetts , USA
management Edward S. Clark
Branch Automobiles

Edward S. Clark Steam Automobiles was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Edward S. Clark founded the company in Boston , Massachusetts in 1895 . At first he manufactured steam boilers . In 1900 automobile production was added. The brand name was Clark , possibly with the addition of Steam Car . In 1909 the car production ended. Commercial vehicles were built between 1910 and 1912 for this purpose .

vehicles

Car

The passenger cars were steam cars . One of the first vehicles had a four- cylinder steam engine that developed 20 hp .

A tonneau with a side access has been handed down for the period from 1900 to 1902 .

In 1903 there were four different touring cars as Model A , Model B , Model D and Model E as well as the Model K, a delivery van .

In 1904 the Style D was a Surrey . Its wheelbase was 251 cm. The Style H had a 213 cm wheelbase and a body as dos-à-dos . The Style K was a 175 cm wheelbase delivery van. There was also a Suburban Car with a wheelbase of 183 cm.

In 1905 the offer was reduced to one model. The chassis had a wheelbase of 274 cm. The structure was a tonneau with side access.

From 1906 to 1907 there was a seven-seater touring car with a 279 cm wheelbase in the range.

From 1908 to 1909 there was the model LXX . A four-seater body as a roadster was mounted on a chassis with a 279 cm wheelbase .

truck

The trucks had two-stroke - gasoline engines .

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1900-1902 Double Side Entrance Tonneau
1903 Model A Touring car
1903 Model B Touring car
1903 Model D Touring car
1903 Model E. Touring car
1903 Model K delivery trucks
1904 Style D 251 Surrey
1904 Style H 213 Dos-à-dos
1904 Style K 175 delivery trucks
1904 Suburban Car 183
1905 274 Side entrance tonneau
1906-1907 279 7-seater touring car
1908-1909 Model LXX 279 Roadster 4-seater

Overview of car brands from the US, the Clark include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Clark Clark Manufacturing Company 1897 1901 Moline, Illinois
Clark Edward S. Clark Steam Automobiles 1900 1909 Boston, Massachusetts
Clark AF Clark & ​​Company 1903 1905 Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Clark Clark Motor Car Company 1910 1912 Shelbyville, Indiana
Clark Furgason Motor Company 1910 1911 Lansing, Michigan
Clark Electric Toledo Electric Vehicle Company 1909 1910 Toledo, Ohio
Clark Electric Brunn Carriage Manufacturing Company 1910 1910 Buffalo, New York
Clark-Hatfield Clark-Hatfield Automobile Company 1908 1909 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Clark-Norwalk Norwalk Motor Car Company 1910 1910 Norwalk, Ohio
Clarkmobile Clarkmobile Company 1903 1904 Lansing, Michigan

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. 338-339 (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. 308. (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. 338-339 (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. 308. (English)