Union Automobile Company Explained
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.
History
The money pooled together for the founding of the Union Automobile Company was $50,000 . The company started constructing buildings in Union City in January 1901 for the assembly of automobiles.[1]
Models
See main article: Union (automobile). The Union Automobile Company production started in 1902.[2] It manufactured in 1903 a gasoline runabout automobile.[3]
Further reading
- Book: Madden, W. C.. Haynes-Apperson and America's First Automobile: A History. 2003. McFarland . 9780786413973.
- Book: Naldrett, Alan. Lost Car Companies of Detroit. 2016. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated . New York City. 9781625856494.
- Book: Georgano, G.N.. Beaulieu Encyclopedia of Automobile, Volume 1. 2000. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers . 9781579582937.
- Book: Kimes, Beverly Rae. Standard Catalog of American Automobiles, 1805-1942. 1996 . Krause Publications. 9780873414289.
- Book: Laban, Brian. World Guide Automobile Manufacturers. 1987. Facts on File Publications. Oxford, England. 9780816018444.
- Book: Scharchburg, Richard P.. Carriages Without Horses: J. Frank Duryea and the Birth of the American Automobile Industry. 1993. Society of Automotive Engineers . Chicago, Illinois. 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
- Dittlinger, Esther et al., Anderson: A Pictorial History, G. Bradley Publishing, 1990,
- 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,
- James, Wanda, Driving from Japan, McFarland, 2005,
- News: . Moved to Anderson . Anderson Daily Bulletin. 4 . Anderson, Indiana. October 31, 1957 . .
Notes and References
- 1901 . Union Automobile Company . The Horseless Age . 8. 1. 802 .
- News: . 1908 auto special Gaslight Festival feature . Anderson Daily Bulletin. 5 . Anderson, Indiana. May 7, 1976 . .
- 1903 . Union Gasoline Runabout . The Automobile . 8. 1. 214 .
