Media Carriage Works

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Media Carriage Works
legal form
founding 1895
resolution 1912
Seat Media , Pennsylvania , USA
management
  • El Cunningham
  • HJ Hipple
  • WW Johnson
Branch Carriages , automobiles

Media Carriage Works was an American manufacturer of carriages and automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Media , Pennsylvania in 1895 . EL Cunningham, HJ Hipple and WW Johnson ran it. It made carriages. In the first year 10 people were employed and at the turn of the century 30. The factory had four floors.

In 1899 trials began with automobiles, with Cunningham being the driving force. The first vehicle was sold to doctor WA Davis of Camden , New Jersey , that same year . Series production started in 1900. The brand name was Media . Motor vehicle production probably ended in the same year, although it cannot be ruled out that one or two vehicles will be built after that.

The company was probably dissolved in 1912.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . The batteries came from the Pullen Battery & Electrical Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia . The setup was a runabout with two seats. The curb weight was specified as 408 kg, the top speed at 19 km / h and the range at 56 km. The original price was 1,100 US dollars .

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. 957 (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. 992-993 (English).

Web links

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. 957 (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. 992-993 (English).
  3. ↑ coachbuilt.com (accessed October 13, 2018)