Sterling Automobile & Engine Company
Empire Manufacturing Company Empire Automobile Company Sterling Automobile & Engine Company |
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legal form | Company |
founding | 1899 |
resolution | 1902 |
Seat | Sterling , Illinois , USA |
Branch | Automobiles |
Sterling Automobile & Engine Company , previously the Empire Manufacturing Company and Empire Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
The Empire Manufacturing Company was founded in Sterling , Illinois in 1899 and later renamed the Empire Automobile Company . The production of automobiles began in 1899. The brand name was Empire until 1900 or 1901 . In 1901 the name was changed to Sterling Automobile & Engine Company . From 1901 the vehicles were marketed as sterling . Production ended in 1902.
There was no association with William T. Terwilliger & Company and Empire Automobile Company , which also marketed vehicles as Empire .
vehicles
The only model was a steam car . A V2 - steam engine drove the rear axle. The open body offered space for two people. An illustration shows a runabout . The wheels were wire spoke wheels. The original price was 750 US dollars .
Overview of car brands from the US, the Sterling include
brand | Manufacturer | Marketing start | End of marketing | Location, state |
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Ams sterling | Amston Motor Car Company | 1917 | 1918 | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
sterling | Sterling Automobile & Engine Company | 1901 | 1902 | Sterling, Illinois |
sterling | Springfield Cornice Works | 1901 | 1901 | Springfield, Massachusetts |
sterling | Sterling Machine Works | 1909 | 1909 | Sterling, Illinois |
sterling | Elkhart Motor Car Company | 1909 | 1911 | Elkhart, Indiana |
sterling | Sterling Motor Car Company | 1915 | 1916 | Brockton, Massachusetts |
sterling | Consolidated Motor Car Company (Connecticut) | 1920 | 1920 | Middlefield, Connecticut |
Sterling Knight | Sterling Knight Company | 1920 | 1926 | Warren, Ohio |
Sterling New York | Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company | 1915 | 1916 | New York City, New York |
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. 536 and p. 1398 (English).
- George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 496 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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. 536 and p. 1398 (English).
- ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 496 (English).