The Union Automobile Company was an automobile factory to manufacture the Union automobile through the Buckeye Manufacturing Company. It began manufacturing automobiles in 1902 and produced them through 1905. The company was located in Union City, Indiana.
| Company type | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Industry | Gasoline engine automobiles |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Founder | John William Lambert |
| Defunct | 1905 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Commercial gasoline engine automobiles |
History
editThe money pooled together for the founding of the Union Automobile Company was $50,000 ($1.83 million in 2023). The company started constructing buildings in Union City in January 1901 for the assembly of automobiles.[1]
Models
editThe Union Automobile Company production started in 1902.[2] It manufactured in 1903 a gasoline runabout automobile.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ "Union Automobile Company". The Horseless Age. 8 (1): 802. 1901.
- ^ "1908 auto special Gaslight Festival feature". Anderson Daily Bulletin. Anderson, Indiana. May 7, 1976. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Union Gasoline Runabout". The Automobile. 8 (1): 214. 1903.
Further reading
edit- Madden, W. C. (2003). Haynes-Apperson and America's First Automobile: A History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786413973.
- Naldrett, Alan (2016). Lost Car Companies of Detroit. New York City: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 9781625856494.
- Georgano, G.N. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of Automobile, Volume 1. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 9781579582937.
- Kimes, Beverly Rae (1996). Standard Catalog of American Automobiles, 1805-1942. Krause Publications. ISBN 9780873414289.
- Laban, Brian (1987). World Guide Automobile Manufacturers. Oxford, England: Facts on File Publications. ISBN 9780816018444.
- Scharchburg, Richard P. (1993). Carriages Without Horses: J. Frank Duryea and the Birth of the American Automobile Industry. Chicago, Illinois: Society of Automotive Engineers. ISBN 9781560913801.
- Bailey, L. Scott, Historic Discovery: 1891 Lambert, New Claim for America's First Car, Antique Automobile magazine, Vol. 24, No. 5, Oct–Nov 1960
- Biography of John W. Lambert, written by his son January 25, 1935 — obtained from the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection
- David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles ISBN 0-7858-1106-0
- Dittlinger, Esther et al., Anderson: A Pictorial History, G. Bradley Publishing, 1990, ISBN 0-943963-16-8
- Dolnar, Hugh, Automobile Trade Journal, article: The Lambert, 1906 Line of Automobiles, Chilton Company, v.10 January 1906
- Forkner, John L., History of Madison County, Indiana, New York and Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914
- The Automobile Trade Magazine, Horseless Age Company, 1902
- Huffman, Wallace Spencer, Indiana's Place in Automobile History in Indiana History Bulletin, vol 44, no. 2, Feb. 1967; Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Bureau
- Huhti, Thomas, The Great Indiana Touring Book: 20 Spectacular Auto Tours, Big Earth Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-931599-09-2
- James, Wanda, Driving from Japan, McFarland, 2005, ISBN 0-7864-1734-X
- "Moved to Anderson". Anderson Daily Bulletin. Anderson, Indiana. October 31, 1957. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .