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Union Automobile Company

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Union Automobile Company
Company typeManufacturing
IndustryGasoline engine automobiles
Founded1901
FounderJohn William Lambert
Defunct1905
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
ProductsCommercial gasoline engine automobiles
Lambert and brothers in 1902 'Union' automobile

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

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The 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

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The Union Automobile Company production started in 1902.[2] It manufactured in 1903 a gasoline runabout automobile.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Union Automobile Company". The Horseless Age. 8 (1): 802. 1901.
  2. ^ "1908 auto special Gaslight Festival feature". Anderson Daily Bulletin. Anderson, Indiana. May 7, 1976. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Union Gasoline Runabout". The Automobile. 8 (1): 214. 1903.

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