Milburn Wagon Company

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Milburn Wagon Company
legal form Company
founding 1848
resolution 1923
Reason for dissolution Takeover by General Motors
Seat Toledo , Ohio , USA
Number of employees 800
Branch vehicles
Status: 1921

Milburn, supposedly from 1914
Milburn from 1919

Milburn Wagon Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Toledo , Ohio in 1848 . It made carriages for years . The Ohio Electric Car Company used part of the plant between 1909 and 1911 . In September 1914 the company began producing electric cars . The brand name was Milburn . 1000 vehicles were built in 1915 and 1500 in the following year.

In December 1919 a fire destroyed large parts of the factory. In addition, the market for electric cars declined. Both had a negative effect. Nevertheless, production was restarted. In 1921, however, only 200 employees were involved in vehicle production. The remaining 600 workers assembled bodies for General Motors , especially for its Oldsmobile brand .

In February 1923, General Motors took over the plant for 2 million dollars . Two months later, the production of vehicles and bodies ended. Buick then used the factory.

vehicles

Only electric cars were on offer. The range was initially given as 96 to 120 km. From 1918 it was very easy to swap empty batteries for full ones.

From 1915 to 1916 the chassis had a wheelbase of 267 cm. A Light Coupé , a Light Roadster and a light delivery van were offered . The top speed specified for the Coupé was 24 km / h and 30 km / h for the Roadster.

In 1917 the wheelbase was lengthened to 267 cm. Now there was a Light Electric Brougham and a Town Car .

In 1918 two different sedans replaced the Town Car.

The sedans were discontinued in 1919.

1920 Brougham in was Model 27 L renamed. There was also a taxi with a 282 cm wheelbase.

In 1921 the taxi was no longer available. The only model was the Model 27 L as Brougham until production was discontinued in 1923 .

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1915-1916 Electric 254 Light Coupé, Light Roadster, light delivery van
1917 Electric 267 Light Electric Brougham, Town Car
1918 Electric 267 Light Electric Brougham, sedan
1919 Electric 267 Light Electric Brougham
1920 Model 27 L 267 Brougham
1920 Electric 282 Taxicab
1921 Model 27 L 267 Brougham
1922-1923 Model 27 L 267 Brougham

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. 974-975 (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. 1036 (English).

Web links

Commons : Milburn Wagon Company  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 974-975 (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. 1036 (English).