Elgin Sewing Machine and Bicycle Company

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Elgin Sewing Machine and Bicycle Company
legal form Company
founding 1896 or earlier
resolution 1899
Seat Elgin , Illinois , USA
Branch Sewing machines , automobiles

Elgin Sewing Machine and Bicycle Company was an American company.

Company history

The Elgin , Illinois company originally made sewing machines. In 1896 a storm destroyed part of the factory. In 1899 it also manufactured automobiles . The own brand name was Elgin . Vehicles were also built for the American Electric Vehicle Company from Chicago . At the end of 1899 the company was dissolved.

There was no connection with Elgin Motors , which a few years later also manufactured Elgin vehicles.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . At a speed of 13 km / h, a range of 120 km was guaranteed. The original price was 1,200 US dollars . A total of five vehicles with its own brand name were created, of which Montgomery Ward bought two pieces.

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. 527 (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. 491 (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. 527 (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. 491 (English).