Hendrickson-Danielson Machine Shop

Hendrickson-Danielson Machine Shop
legal form
founding	1900
resolution	1903
Seat	Chicago , Illinois , USA
management	Magnus Hendrickson
Branch	Motor vehicles

Hendrickson-Danielson Machine Shop was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

Magnus Hendrickson came from Sweden and emigrated to the USA in 1887. In 1900, he and his brother-in-law Danielson founded the company in Chicago , Illinois . They produced a small number of cars and commercial vehicles. The brand name was Hendrickson . In 1903 the company was dissolved.

The Lauth-Juergens Motor Car Company hired Hendrickson as chief engineer. He stayed there until 1913 and then founded the Hendrickson Motor Truck Company .

Products

The first truck was built in 1900 .

In 1902 a passenger car appeared. It had a single cylinder engine and solid rubber tires . A doctor from Chicago bought the first vehicle.

In 1903 other cars and commercial vehicles followed. One feature was the friction gear . Couplings were also created .

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. 696 (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. 696 (English).
2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 140 (English).