Newport Engineering Works

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Newport Engineering Works
legal form
founding 1894
resolution ?
Seat Newport , Rhode Island , USA
management
  • A. Livington Mason
  • Earl P. Mason
Branch mechanical engineering

Newport Engineering Works was an American company in the engineering and manufacture of automobiles .

Company history

A. Livington Mason and his son Earl P. Mason ran the company in Newport , Rhode Island , from 1894 . They produced and repaired steam and gasoline engines for boats . In 1903 they made some automobiles, mostly to customer orders. The brand name was Newport . The company continued to exist after the end of vehicle production.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. A gasoline engine with 4 HP power drove the vehicles. According to him, it was a combination of French and American design.

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. 1043 (English).
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 210. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 1043 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 210. (English)