Richmond Automobile Company

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Richmond Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1900s
Seat Richmond , Indiana , USA
management RL sackette
Branch Automobiles , engines

Richmond Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles and engines .

Company history

The company was based in Richmond , Indiana . RL Sackett directed it. From 1901 steam engines were produced, apparently designed by Isham Sedgwick. Automobiles followed in 1902. The brand name was Richmond . Vehicle production ended in 1903. Motors came into existence even longer.

There was no connection with Wayne Works , which also sold passenger cars as Richmond .

vehicles

The only model was a steam car . A steam engine with two cylinders , 63.5 mm bore and 88.9 mm stroke provided the drive. It made 6 hp and weighed only 21 kg. It drove the rear axle via a chain. The structure was a dos-à-dos with four seats. A total of six vehicles were built.

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. 1290 (English).
  • 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. 1331 (English).

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. 1290 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1331 (English).