Flint & Lomax Company

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Flint & Lomax Company
legal form Company
founding 19th century
resolution 20th century
Seat Denver , Colorado , USA
management James J. Flint
Branch electrical appliances, automobiles

Flint & Lomax Company was an American company. Other sources give the company names Flint-Lomax Electric Manufacturing Company and Flint-Lomax Electric & Manufacturing Company .

Company history

The company was based in Denver , Colorado . The earliest known mention is from 1896. In that year Isaac L. Smith was one of the staff. In 1897 James J. Flint is named. On June 30, 1900, a fire in the factory caused considerable damage. In 1905 the production of automobiles began . The first vehicle was presented at the Denver Automobile Show in April 1905 . Initially, Flint & Lomax was planned as the brand name , but Flintlo was ultimately chosen. Vehicle production ended in the same year.

It is not known when the company was dissolved.

Products

James J. Flint received on March 1, 1898 patent number 600,112 for an electrical switch, which he had applied for on February 16, 1897.

From October 1, 1897 and May 1, 1898, advertisements in The Mining And Metallurgical Journal are known, in which silver-plated amalgam plates were offered.

On July 9, 1898, the company advertised in the Mountain Echo to offer and repair electrical equipment of all kinds. There is a similar advertisement in the Yuma Pioneer on September 16, 1898 .

The only vehicle model was a passenger car . It had a four-cylinder engine with 14 hp . The engine had a displacement of 2400 cc . The OHV valve control was unusual for the time . The engine drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The structure was a tonneau with side access or a touring car that offered space for five people.

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. 570 (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. 554 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano : The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars. 1885 to the Present . EP Dutton, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 , pp. 251 (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. 570 (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. 554 (English).
  3. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Flint-Lomax.
  4. ^ A b George Nicholas Georgano : The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars. 1885 to the Present . EP Dutton, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 , pp. 251 (English).
  5. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 116 (English).
  6. ↑ The mechanical Index 1904 (accessed October 6, 2019)
  7. ↑ 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory (accessed October 6, 2019)
  8. ^ The Aspen Daily Times, July 1, 1900 (accessed October 6, 2019)
  9. ↑ Neodesha Register from Neodesha, Kansas, July 6, 1900 (accessed October 6, 2019)
  10. ↑ US Patent 600,112 and US Patent 600,112 (accessed October 6, 2019)
  11. ↑ Patent drawing (accessed October 6, 2019)
  12. ↑ The Mining And Metallurgical Journal of October 1, 1897 (accessed October 6, 2019)
  13. ↑ The Mining And Metallurgical Journal of May 1, 1898 (English) ( Memento of October 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ Mountain Echo of July 7, 1898 (English, accessed October 6, 2019)
  15. ↑ Yuma Pioneer, September 16, 1898 (accessed October 6, 2019)