Signal Electric Manufacturing Company

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Menominee Electric Company
Signal Electric Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1892
resolution 1964
Reason for dissolution Buying up
Seat Menominee , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Signal Electric Manufacturing Company , previously the Menominee Electric Company , was an American company.

Company history

Henry Tideman founded the Menominee Electric Company in Menominee , Michigan , in 1892 . He made fans . There were also electric motors , telephones and other electrical devices. In 1902 the first prototype of an automobile was made . Tests with a motorized vehicle for children followed in 1912.

From 1913 Tideman gained experience in automotive engineering when his second company, the Dudly Tool Company , made the Dudly Bug . Between July 1915 and the end of 1915, his main company also produced a number of passenger cars . The brand name was Menominee . 150 vehicles were planned. The actual number stayed lower.

In 1919 the name was changed to Signal Electric Manufacturing Company . The company was bought out in the 1960s. Another source specifies precisely 1964 for this.

vehicles

All vehicles, i.e. the prototypes and the series vehicles, were electric cars . The production model had a chassis with a 274 cm wheelbase and a two-seater convertible body . The stated top speed was 32 km / h and the range was 96 km . The new price was 1250 US dollars including a charging station for the batteries .

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. 957-958 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 995 (English).

Web links

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. 957-958 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 995 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Radiomuseum.org (English, accessed October 13, 2018)
  4. ↑ American Civilian Keys (accessed October 13, 2018)
  5. ↑ Menominee County Historical Society Archives on History (accessed October 13, 2018)