Herschell-Spillman

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Armitage Herschell Company
Herschell-Spillman Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1880
resolution 1960s
Seat North Tonawanda , New York , USA
Branch Motors , carousels , automobiles

Touring car from 1905
V8 engine from 1917

Herschell-Spillman Inc. , previously the Armitage Herschell Company , was a US company.

Company history

Armitage Herschell Company was founded in North Tonawanda , New York State , in 1880 . It made carousels . In 1892 one was created daily. Around 1900 the name was changed to Herschell-Spillman Inc. Partners were Allan Herschell and Edward Spillman.

At the end of 1900 it was announced that it would enter the automobile business. The first vehicle was built in 1901. The brand name was Herschell-Spillman . Production initially ran until the end of 1904. From 1905 the company concentrated on the manufacture of gasoline engines , which found many customers. The last motor vehicle was built in 1907 . As far as we know, there were four in all.

The far more important engine production ran until 1923. Carousels were made until the early 1960s.

vehicles

The vehicle from 1904 had a four-cylinder engine with 18 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a chain. Construction was a tonneau .

The vehicle from 1907 had a 60 hp engine and was bodied as a touring car.

Engine buyer

Herschell-Spillman Motor Company stock dated December 10, 1919

The following manufacturers used Herschell-Spillman engines: American Motors Inc. , Apex Motor Corporation , Bacon Motors Corporation , Bell Motor Car Company , Berkshire Auto-Car Company , Bessemer-American Motors Corporation , Birch Motor Cars , Carter Motor Car Company , Champion Motors Corporation , Commonwealth Motors Corporation , Corinthian Motors , Cortland Cart & Carriage Company , Crow-Elkhart , Daniels Motor Company , Davis Car Company , Diamond Taxicab Company , Dixie Motor Car Company , Douglas Motors Corporation , Dragon Motor Company , Drake Motor & Tire Manufacturing Company , Drummond Motor Car Company , Durant Motors , Geneva Wagon Company , Kearns Motor Buggy , London Motors , Mason Motor Truck Company , Motor Sales & Service Corporation , New Climber Company , Pratt Motor Car Company , Rochester Special , Ross Automobile Company , Singer Motor Company , Stilson Motor Car Company , Temple Brothers , United Engineering Company , Winfield Barnes Company , Winni peg Motor Cars , Winther Motors , Wisconsin Automobile Corporation, and Witt-Thompson Motor Company .

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. 700 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 689 (English).

Web links

Commons : Herschell-Spillman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 700 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 689 (English).