Kidder_(steam_automobile_company)

Kidder (steam automobile company)

Kidder (steam automobile company)

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

Kidder Motor Vehicle Company was a veteran era automobile manufacturer started in 1899 in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]

1901 Kidder Steam Runabout

History

Inventor Wellington P. Kidder experimented with steam cars and established the Kidder Motor Vehicle Company in New Haven to produce them.[2]

Kidder Model 2 was a $1,000 runabout and Model B was a $1,600 delivery wagon. The twin cylinders of its motor were placed on each side of the boiler at the back of the vehicle with direct drive to the rear axle.[2]

In 1903 the company voted to discontinue it's corporate existence.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition, Copyright 1999 Publications International, Ltd.
  2. [2]
    Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.

See also

Steam Automobile

Kidder Motor Vehicle Co
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