Speedwell Motor Car Company
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The Speedwell Motor Car Company was an early United States
automobile
manufacturing company established by Pierce Davies Schenck that produced cars from 1907 to 1914. The company's factory rented space for the Wright Company
to build its airplanes from February to November 1910 while the Wright Company built its own factory building in west Dayton
. The Great Dayton Flood
of 1913 greatly damaged the Speedwell factory in Dayton's Edgemont neighborhood and its inventory, and the company entered receivership in 1915. Its factory site later hosted a Delco factory. The Speedwell factory buildings are not extant.
In England, another car was marketed under the Speedwell name from 1900 to 1908. Other than the name, the two companies are unrelated.
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manufacturing company established by Pierce Davies Schenck that produced cars from 1907 to 1914. The company's factory rented space for the Wright Company
Wright Company
The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them in 1909 in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing on their invention of the practical airplane. It maintained a...
to build its airplanes from February to November 1910 while the Wright Company built its own factory building in west Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
. The Great Dayton Flood
Great Dayton Flood
The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 flooded Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding area with water from the Great Miami River, causing the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history...
of 1913 greatly damaged the Speedwell factory in Dayton's Edgemont neighborhood and its inventory, and the company entered receivership in 1915. Its factory site later hosted a Delco factory. The Speedwell factory buildings are not extant.
History
In 1911, Speedwell built a closed two-door, dubbed a sedan, which was the first recorded use of the term.In England, another car was marketed under the Speedwell name from 1900 to 1908. Other than the name, the two companies are unrelated.
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