Lyman & Burnham

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Lyman & Burnham
legal form
founding 1903
resolution 1905
Seat Boston , Massachusetts , USA
management
  • C. Frederick Lyman
  • John Appleton Burnham
Branch Automobiles

Lyman & Burnham was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John Appleton Burnham was one of the partners at Binney & Burnham . After its dissolution, he founded the new company in 1903 with his partner C. Frederick Lyman. The seat was in Boston , Massachusetts . 1903 began the production of automobiles in cooperation with the Fore River Ship & Engine Company from Quincy , Massachusetts. The brand name was Lyman & Burnham . Production ended in 1905.

A total of at least five vehicles were built, because in 1905, depending on the source, five or seven vehicles of this brand were registered in Massachusetts.

vehicles

The vehicles had water-cooled two - cylinder engines . Depending on the version, they developed 10 hp , 12 hp, 15 hp or 24/26 hp. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The structure was an open tonneau with a rear door and 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. 911 (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. 936 (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. 911 (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. 936 (English).