Rochester Gasoline Carriage & Motor Company

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Rochester Gasoline Carriage & Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1902
Seat Rochester , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Rochester Gasoline Carriage & Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1901 in Rochester , New York , USA . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Rochester . Production ended in 1902. Some vehicles were used as taxis between Buffalo and Niagara Falls .

There was no connection with the Rochester Cycle Manufacturing Company from the same town, which also sold automobiles as Rochester in 1901.

vehicles

One model series were steam cars . They had a steam engine with two cylinders . The open body offered space for two people. The original price was 600 US dollars .

There were also vehicles with gasoline engines .

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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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).