Rhode Island Auto Carriage Company

Rhode Island Auto Carriage Company
legal form	Company
founding	1899
resolution	1904
Seat	Olneyville , Rhode Island , USA
management	William Hughes Joseph W. Atkin
Branch	Automobiles

Rhode Island Auto Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William Hughes and Joseph W. Atkin jointly operated a retail outlet for bicycles . The seat was on Plainfield Street in Olneyville ( Providence ) in Rhode Island . In 1899 they founded a new company for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Hughes & Atkin . Production ended in 1904 when the partners separated. A total of 18 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . The steam engines had two cylinders. The bodies were open. One source names one- and two-seater, another two- and four-seater. There were also delivery trucks .

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. 749 (English).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 730-731. (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. 749 (English).
2. ^ ^{A b} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 730-731. (English)