William T. Terwilliger & Company

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William T. Terwilliger & Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution 1904
Seat Amsterdam , New York , USA
management Brothers Terwilliger
Branch Automobiles

William T. Terwilliger & Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Terwilliger brothers experimented on steam cars from 1897 . In 1902 they founded the company in Amsterdam , New York State . It was not until 1904 that the production and marketing of automobiles began. The brand name was Empire , possibly with the addition of Steam . Production ended in the same year.

There was no association with Sterling Automobile & Engine Company and Empire Automobile Company , which also marketed vehicles as Empire .

vehicles

A steam engine with two cylinders was mounted in the stern. It made 15 hp . The steam boiler was under the front bench. The chassis had a 221 cm wheelbase . The structure was a five-seat tonneau with a rear door. The original price was 2000 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. 536 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 496 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 536 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 496 (English).