Whitney Machine Company

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Whitney Machine Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1905
Seat Brunswick , Maine , USA
management RS Whitney
Branch Automobiles

Whitney Machine Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

RS Whitney ran a mechanical workshop in Lisbon Falls , Maine , in 1898 . He started working on his first vehicle.

In 1899 he moved to Brunswick , Maine, and started the company there. In the same year he completed the first vehicle. The brand name was Whitney . Other vehicles followed. Vehicle production ended in 1905.

Other American manufacturers of passenger cars of this brand were Whitney Motor Wagon Company and Whitney Automobile Company .

vehicles

Only steam cars were on offer . The first vehicle, built from 1898 to 1899, was bought by a Greenville resident . It was a two-seat runabout .

The second vehicle was built between 1900 and 1902 and was sold to a Brunswick resident. The open body as a touring car offered space for four people.

The third vehicle was started in 1903 and completed in 1905. Jay Potter from Camden bought it. An illustration shows a runabout.

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. 1542 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1740 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 1542 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1740 (English).