Keystone Wagon Works - 1890-1909 - Keystone Vehicle Co./Keystone Body Co. - 1909-1920 - Reading, Pennsylvania
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Keystone Wagon Works - 1890-1909 - Keystone Vehicle Co./Keystone Body Co. - 1909-1920 - Reading, Pennsylvania |
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The Keystone Body Company of Reading, Pa was purchased by George E. Daniels, the former president of Oakland and Vice President of General Motors, in 1918 to produce the production bodies for his Daniels automobile. Later custom-bodied Daniels were built by Fleetwood, which was also located nearby. Daniels went out of business in 1924. - The Daniels Motor Car Company was incorporated on June 25, 1915, under the leadership of George E. Daniels. Daniels had previously served as Vice President and General Manager of the Oakland Car Company. Manufacturing of the Daniels auto began in the Mount Penn Stove Works near 3rd and Greenwich Streets, and in 1920 moved across the street to what had been the Keystone Vehicle Works. The Daniels automobile was known for its powerful V-8 engine that was built by the Light Manufacturing Company of Pottstown. The company continued production until the winter of 1924. xxxxxxxx Keystone Vehicle Company, - The Keystone Vehicle Company was incorporated May 4, 1909, with a capital of $75,000, for the manufacture of wagons and automobile bodies, as successor of the Keystone Wagon Works, which had carried on a large business at Reading since 1890, extending to all parts of the United States. It secured the established plant along the Lebanon Valley railroad at Third street, consisting of a four-story brick structure, 200 by 225 feet, equipped with first-class modern machinery. Operations were started immediately and employment was given to 100 hands. The annual wages will amount to $50,000, and the product to $300,000. The officers of the company are: Edward C. NOLAN, president; G. Stanley HENDEL, secretary; John L. COXE, treasurer and manager. xxxxxxx Keystone's Wagon Works, bodies (aluminum, steel and wood). xxxxxxxxxxxx Not to be confused with the Columbus, Ohio firm of the same name (Keystone Vehicle Co.) that manufactured commercial, funeral and omnibus bodies. There was another firm called the Keystone Buggy Co 1880s-1901 in Cincinnati, Ohio that was headed by Albert Armstrong who went on to found the A. Armstrong Co. from 1904-1920, a firm that manufactured carriages for export.
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