New Rochelle Motor Company

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New Rochelle Motor Company
legal form Corporation
founding 1903
resolution 1903
Seat New Rochelle , New York , USA
management Clifford Bonneville
Branch Automobiles

New Rochelle Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the name New Rochelle Motor Car Company .

Company history

Clifford Bonneville founded the company in April 1903 in New Rochelle , New York State . In the same year the production of automobiles and motor boats began . The brand name was New Rochelle .

On July 28, 1903, a fire completely destroyed the three-story facility. 14 automobiles and 2 motor boats fell victim to the flames. Two vehicles could be saved. The damage amounted to 50 thousand to 225 thousand US dollars . The insurance was only $ 14,000. Plans to build a new plant and resume production failed.

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. 1042 (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. 1042 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 210 (English).