Eclipse Machine Company should not be confused with Eclipse Aviation.
| Eclipse Machine Company | |
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| Founder: | Harmon H. Fulton |
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| Hq Location City: | Elmira Heights, New York |
| Hq Location Country: | United States |
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The Eclipse Machine Company was an American bicycle and aircraft component manufacturer.
The Steel Pulley & Machine Company was founded in 1883 in Indianapolis, Indiana by Harmon H. Fulton. It moved to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1892 and again in 1895 to Elmira, New York.[1] Then, in 1914, the company started manufacturing automobile starter motors under license from the Bendix Corporation and in 1929 was acquired by Bendix outright.[2] By 1939, the company had been combined with Pioneer Instrument Company under a new roof at a factory in Teterboro, New Jersey.[3] During World War II, the company built timed anti-aircraft fuses and 20 mm aircraft cannon. It was the latter that spurred the construction of a second plant in 1940.[4]