New Departure Manufacturing Company

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New Departure Bell Company
New Departure Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1888
resolution 1916
Reason for dissolution takeover
Seat Bristol , Connecticut , USA
Branch Automobiles

New Departure Manufacturing Company , previously New Departure Bell Company , was a US-American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Albert and Edward Rockwell founded the New Departure Bell Company in 1888 . The seat was in Bristol , Connecticut . At first they made bells and later other things. At some point the company name changed to New Departure Manufacturing Company . Brakes for bicycles were added in 1898 and brakes for motorcycles in 1903 . Brakes have been an important product for the company for a long time.

According to a source, an automobile was built in 1904, the brand name of which has not been passed down; while other sources do not elaborate.

In April 1910, the Harry S. Houpt Manufacturing Company was taken over and its car production continued. The brand name was Houpt-Rockwell . This production ended in the same year. Around 100 of these vehicles were built.

The Bristol Engineering Company was also taken over in 1910 . This company, where Fred Moskovics worked, had designed a taxi . The client was the Connecticut Cab Company , which was founded in early 1910 by Ernest R. Burwell, TH Holdsworth, Ira Newcomb, Albert F. Rockwell and Charles T. Treadway. These vehicles were marketed as Rockwell . In addition to taxis, there were also a few cars. Production ran until 1911 or 1912, depending on the source. About 200 Rockwell were built.

In 1910 Albert F. Rockwell was president. He left the company in 1912.

In 1916 it was taken over by William Durant . He incorporated the company into United Motors Corporation .

Houpt-Rockwell vehicles

The offer from Houpt was accepted unchanged. There was a choice of a four- cylinder and a six-cylinder model .

Rockwell vehicles

The cars had a four-cylinder four- stroke engine , which was specified with 18/20 hp. The wheelbase was 269 cm. Many vehicles were bodied as landaulets .

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. 718 (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. 722 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 718 (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. 722 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Bill Bowman: New Departure Manufacturing Company ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed April 28, 2018) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / history.gmheritagecenter.com
  4. ↑ a b c d 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. 1305 (English).
  5. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1348 (English).