Buckeye Manufacturing Company Explained

Buckeye Manufacturing Company
Type:Automobile Manufacturing
Foundation:1884
Founder:John William Lambert
Location City:Anderson, Indiana
Location Country:United States
Area Served:United States
Industry:Automotive
Products:Vehicles
Automotive parts
Hq Location:1801-1809 Columbus Ave
Defunct:1917

The Buckeye Manufacturing Company was a company noted for manufacturing gasoline engines and farm implements.[1] It manufactured the engines for its sister company, the Union Automobile Company.

In time the Lambert founded automobile related subsidiary companies such as the Union Automobile Company, the Lambert Automobile Company, and the Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company. Buckeye Manufacturing Company manufactured the components of the cars assembled by these subsidiaries. The company later produced automobiles and it continued until 1917.[2] [3]

History

A single Buckeye gasoline buggy automobile was built by the company in 1890, and offered for sale in 1891, though none were produced.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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  1. Book: Naldrett, Alan . Lost Car Companies of Detroit . The History Press . 2016 . 978-1-46711-873-6 . Charleston, SC . 73 . en.
  2. Book: Humphrey, David . Anderson . Arcadia Publishing . 2014 . 978-1-4671-1174-4 . Charleston, SC . 119 . en.
  3. News: Howard P. Freeman . Anderson One Time Leader in Auto Production . Anderson Daily Bulletin. 42 . Anderson, Indiana. May 2, 1966 .
  4. Web site: Anderson's Automobile Age. 2008-12-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100325114403/http://www.and.lib.in.us/indianaroom/history/autohistory.shtml. 2010-03-25.
  5. News: Auto's 75th Anniversary of special interest Here . Anderson Daily Bulletin . 4 . Anderson, Indiana. January 12, 1971 . .
  6. Web site: Buckeye Manufacturing Company . Memim Encyclopedia . 2022 . January 29, 2022.
  7. US Department of Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record; HAER IN35, Buckeye Manufacturing Company, historians Donald Sackheim and Robert Rosenberg
  8. News: . Several auto factories in the city before the Remy brothers . The Herald Bulletin . 4 . Anderson, Indiana . September 13, 2013 . June 16, 2024 . January 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220129154410/https://www.heraldbulletin.com/community/several-auto-factories-in-the-city-before-the-remy-brothers/article_0669a55d-964f-57c3-a2da-1f54c855bc88.html . live .
  9. News: . Anderson's Industries are fairly humming . The Indianapolis Journal. 2 . Indianapolis, Indiana. December 21, 1903 .
  10. News: . Man about Town . Anderson Daily Bulletin. 4 . Anderson, Indiana. January 20, 1959 .
  11. News: . Adopt Gasoline Street Car . The Times . 3 . Munster, Indiana . May 5, 1910 . . June 16, 2024 . June 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616090053/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/93808184/ . live .
  12. Web site: Lambert House . Anderson Public Library . December 18, 2020 . January 30, 2022 . June 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240616090112/https://discoverindianahistory.org/items/show/512 . live .