Rochester Cycle Manufacturing Company

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Rochester Cycle Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1889
resolution 1901
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Rochester , New York , USA
management WW Kenfield
Branch vehicles

Rochester Cycle Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles . Another source uses the name Rochester Cycle & Manufacturing Company .

Company history

WW Kenfield, FF Wells and HK White founded the company in Rochester , New York , in 1889 . Kenfield became president. They provided 1891 bikes of the brand Peerless ago. Kenfield received one patent in 1891 and two more in 1899. In 1901 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Rochester . Bankruptcy followed on October 11, 1901 . A total of around 20 vehicles were built.

There was no connection to the Rochester Gasoline Carriage & Motor Company from the same town, which also sold automobiles as Rochester from 1901 to 1902.

Motor vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . They had a steam engine with two cylinders . It drove the rear axle via a chain. As a light runabout , the vehicle cost 750 US dollars . In the summer a Surrey was added for $ 1,000.

One source states that the engine came from the Mason Regulator Company . The cylinders had a 2.5 inch bore and a 3 inch stroke . This is the equivalent of 63.5 mm bore and 76.2 mm stroke. The engine output was specified with 6 hp .

Received vehicles

In March 2009 it was announced that the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum would open on June 1, 2009 in Fairbanks , Alaska , and exhibit a Rochester from 1901. According to the museum, the vehicle was still there at the beginning of 2019.

Two other vehicles are said to have been with John Hampton in Argentina and Michael Claire in La Habra, California in 2009 . Other sources confirm Argentina.

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. 1302 (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. 1345 (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. 1302 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 245 (English).
  3. ↑ 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. 1345 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c d e Pictures of Rochester and Monroe County, NY (accessed January 19, 2019)
  5. ↑ Patent from March 24, 1891 , patent from March 11, 1899 and patent from July 4, 1899 (English, accessed January 19, 2019)
  6. ↑ a b c Rochester 1901 (Spanish, accessed January 19, 2019)
  7. ↑ Nancy DeWitt: Cool Classics Antique Car Museum Opening in Alaska (accessed January 19, 2019)
  8. ^ Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum " (accessed January 19, 2019)
  9. ↑ A Ride in a Rochester from October 31, 2009 (accessed January 19, 2019)
  10. ↑ Federico Kirbus: Crítica: Rochester Steamer 1901 of December 7, 2011 (Spanish, accessed January 19, 2019)
  11. ↑ Federico B. Kirbus: Full steam ahead with the Rochester Steamer from 1901 from April 18, 2012. (accessed January 19, 2019)