Watson Engineering Company

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Watson Engineering Company
legal form Company
founding 1912 or earlier
resolution 1914 or later
Seat New York City , New York , USA
Branch also automobiles

Watson Engineering Company was an American company.

Company history

The company was based at 38 West 32nd Street in Manhattan , New York City . It was first mentioned in March 1912, when it was announced that part of the Bogart facility on Lawrence Street in Flushing was being rented to manufacture automobiles . The brand name was Watson . Vehicle production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

On December 5, 1914, the company was named with this address in a newspaper. It was about plans for a disposal facility or a sewage system in Great Neck .

A company of the same name with the address 40 West 32nd Street made a bid to build a balustrade on April 1, 1915 . It's unclear if it's the same company.

vehicles

Only taxis were on offer .

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. 1519 (English).

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. 1519 (English).
  2. Real Estate Builders Record and Guide of December 5, 1914 (accessed April 20, 2019)
  3. Minutes of the Park Board Department of Parks (accessed April 20, 2019)