Swan Manufacturing Company

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Swan Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1904
Seat Hartford , Connecticut , USA
Branch Automobiles

Swan Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source names the name Swan Electric Company .

Company history

William J. Swan was an electrician based in Middletown , Connecticut . There he made a prototype in 1903 . He was looking for donors. In early 1904 he founded the company in Hartford , Connecticut, together with ZE Dowd and Frank H. Harriman . A second source confirms the establishment in 1904. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Swan . Motors, machines, electrical equipment and accessories for vehicles were also planned. Production ended in 1904.

vehicles

The prototype had a single cylinder engine with air cooling . It made 5 hp and drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . Was steered with a steering wheel . The setup was a runabout . The original price was 450 US dollars , respectively.

The series models also had a gasoline engine .

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. 1451 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 1451 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 278 (English).
  3. ↑ Hartford City Archives Collection (PDF; accessed March 16, 2019)