Keystone Match & Machine Company

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Keystone Match & Machine Company
legal form Company
founding 1894
resolution after 1900
Seat Lebanon , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch vehicles

Keystone Match & Machine Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Lebanon , Pennsylvania in 1894 . Initially, it made matches and machines for their production. Bicycles were added in 1896 . In 1899 the production of automobiles began, designed by JG Xander. The brand name was Keystone . Vehicle production ended in 1900.

Matches were produced even longer.

It had no ties with any of the other US manufacturers of Keystone- branded cars : Keystone Motor Company , Munch Motor Car Company, and H. Cook & Brothers .

vehicles

Bicycles were marketed as OK , Penryc Hygienic, and Xander .

The motor vehicles were steam cars . Each rear wheel was driven individually. Depending on the source, there were three steam engines per rear wheel or one three-cylinder engine per rear wheel. The maximum speed was given as 32 km / h. An illustration shows an open runabout with two seats.

In addition, were commercial vehicles planned.

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. 805 (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. 821 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 805 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 821 (English).
  3. ↑ Bicycle Brands (accessed July 21, 2018)