Washington Auto-Vehicle Company

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Washington Auto-Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1901
Seat Washington, DC , USA
Branch Automobiles

Washington Auto-Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . There is also the spelling Washington Auto Vehicle Company without a hyphen.

Company history

The company was founded in Washington, DC in 1901 . One source names T. Janney Brown, JB Chamberlain, and J. Sprigg Beale as important figures. A newspaper report of September 27, 1901, on the other hand, gives T. Janney Brown, OT Crosby, JB Chamberlain, Thos. C. Noyes, J. Sprigg Poole, Wm. H. Ronsaville, and James Virdin as Directors, and T. Janney Brown as Treasurer. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Washington . Passenger cars and commercial vehicles were planned . Production ended in 1901.

There was no association with the Washington Motor Company , which used the same brand name a few years later.

vehicles

All vehicles had a gasoline engine . The new prices started at 350 US dollars .

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. 1517 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 1517 (English).
  2. ↑ a b The Evening Star of September 27, 1901 (English, accessed April 20, 2019)
  3. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 300 (English).
  4. ↑ The Times, July 26, 1901 (accessed April 20, 2019)