Malden Automobile Company

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Malden Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1898
resolution 1903
Seat Malden , Massachusetts , USA
Branch Automobiles

Malden Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Malden , Massachusetts in 1898 . In the same year, the first steam car was created as a prototype . Series production of automobiles only began in 1902. The brand name was Malden . Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

The Lynn Automobile Company continued production on its own account from the beginning of 1903.

vehicles

Only steam cars were on offer. They had a steam engine with two cylinders . An illustration shows an open runabout . One version had a front bench that could be folded out for two more passengers. It was steered with a steering lever, which was either mounted outside or in the middle of the vehicle.

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. 918 (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. 945 (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. 918 (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. 945 (English).