Huntingburg Wagon Works

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Huntingburg Wagon Works
legal form
founding 1874
resolution 1958
Seat Huntingburg , Indiana , USA
Branch vehicles

Huntingburg Wagon Works was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

William Roettger and Mr. Propheter founded the company in Huntingburg , Indiana in 1874 . They made carriages . Ben Klosterman became the third partner. JR Blessinger and August Mundy also joined the company. Several automobiles were made between 1902 and 1903 . The brand name was Huntingburg .

From 1925 automobiles were sold by Hudson Motor Car Co. and Essex .

In 1958 the company was sold to the Arkla Company .

Motor vehicles

The vehicles had a single cylinder engine mounted under the seat. The open body offered space for two people. One vehicle still exists. However, it is dated to 1901.

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. 751 (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. 736 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Alexandra Sondeen: Huntingburg celebrating 175 years from September 6, 2012 (English, accessed May 5, 2018)
  2. ↑ 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. 751 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 736 (English).
  4. ↑ Early American Automobiles (accessed May 5, 2018)