Teetor-Hartley

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Patent drawing for a rail bicycle by Charles N. Teetor

Teetor-Hartley was a brand name for engines and vehicles from American production.

Brand history

Charles Newton Teetor (also spelled Teeter) made a bicycle for his wife in New Castle , Indiana in 1894 . Charles Hartley of Hagerstown , Indiana, his wife's cousin, recommended the development of a bicycle for rails. A prototype was ready on December 1, 1894 . On February 16, 1895, the Railway Cycle Manufacturing Company was founded in Hagerstown. A second source confirms the establishment in 1895 with this name. The production of these vehicles started, which sold well.

Charles Teetor developed four years a single cylinder - petrol engine to drive the vehicles. As these motor vehicles exceeded in number the sales of human-powered vehicles, took place in 1900 changed its name to Light Inspection Car Company . From 1905 engines for automobiles were made. Buyers were initially American Motors Company , later Auburn Automobile Company , Stutz Motor Car Company of America , Willys-Overland , HH Franklin Manufacturing Company , Marmon , Empire Automobile Company , McFarlan Motor Car Company , Pilot Motor Car Company and Staver Motor Company . For 1913 the people CN, John H. and Joseph Teetor have come down to us.

In 1914 the company name changed to Teetor-Hartley Motor Company . JH Teetor was president. Some sources confirm this company name.

In 1916 at least one automobile was also made, which was called Teetor-Hartley .

In 1918 the engine department was sold. The buyer was Frank B. Ansted. In 1920, Anstead founded the United States Automobile Corporation , which included Lexington Motor Company , Ansted Engineering Company , Connersville Foundry Corporation, and Teetor-Hartley Motor Corporation . Other sources confirm the latter company name. After 1923 the track of the engine manufacturer Teetor-Hartley is lost.

The remaining part of the company now mainly produced piston rings and chose the name The Indiana Piston Ring Company . The brand name Perfect Circle led to the change of name to Perfect Circle Corporation in 1926 . Another source names the Perfect Circle Company .

Dana Corporation from Toledo , Ohio bought the company in 1963. In 1968 the manufacturing rights to the rail bike and the machines for its production were assigned to Hagerstown High School . Production ended in 1977. In total, over 10,000 of these vehicles are said to have been built.

Car

The passenger car from 1916 had an engine that was developed and manufactured in-house.

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. 1454 (English).

Web links

Commons : Teetor-Hartley  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Velocipede from 2014 (English, accessed on March 23, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b c Dorothy A. Nicholson: Hagerstown, Indiana Collection (English, accessed March 23, 2019)
  3. ↑ 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. 1454 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Hagerstown Exponent of January 8, 1914 (English, accessed March 23, 2019)
  5. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 280 (English).
  6. ↑ www.coachbuilt.com (accessed March 23, 2019)
  7. ↑ The Pittsburgh Press, September 18, 1921 (accessed March 23, 2019)
  8. ↑ 1898 Teetor Railway Cycle (Light Inspection Car) (English, accessed March 23, 2019)
  9. ↑ Hagerstown Exponent, April 12, 1923 (accessed March 23, 2019)