121:
31:
168:. There, the company designed and manufactured 4- and 6-cylinder engines for the emerging automobile and truck industry. Rutenber himself briefly entered the auto business, creating the Rutenber auto and producing as few as 10 automobiles. One of those was known to have been designed for C. W. Swift of the famous Chicago meat packing house. He quickly exited the business to focus on engines. By 1907 the company employed three to four hundred men and shipped engines all over the United States.
152:
Rutenber studied the trade of mechanics and, about 1892, built a single-cylinder engine. By 1898, he produced the first four-cylinder engine to be manufactured in the United States. A six-horsepower, single-cylinder engine was used by Frank
Eckhart in his 1900 prototype car that was the seed for
336:
Practical hand book of gas, oil and steam engines : stationary, marine, traction, gas burners, oil burners, etc., farm, traction, automobile, locomotive ; a simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines ; dealing with the
120:
353:
363:
242:. Edwin Rutenber then turned his attention to the manufacture of electric appliances, establishing The Rutenber Electric Co. "RECO", to exploit the rapid electrification of the nation.
183:
made its debut in
Detroit with a 35 hp four-cylinder engine. In 1913, the Moon was equipped with a six-cylinder Rutenber engine. In 1907, a 60 hp Rutenber engine powered the
253:
plant. A. C. Barley had been an officer at
Rutenber years earlier and the Barley family had been large shareholders in the company. It is thought the company closed around 1933.
358:
368:
231:. They were also found in early Indiana trucks, De Berry airplanes, Wetmore tractors, Howe fire pumpers, marine applications, and many were used to power carnival
383:
337:
various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel / by John B. Rathbun, (1916), p. 105, 09.10.2023
238:
In 1912, Edwin
Rutenber sold his interest in the company and the rights to the name and severed further connection to it. The company was renamed
187:
that went from
Chicago to St. Louis (400 miles (640 km)) in 23 hours. Rutenber engines were also used in a long list of early automobiles:
318:
30:
270:
275:
176:
188:
378:
208:
333:
224:
200:
246:
220:
212:
373:
250:
184:
165:
106:
204:
196:
314:
304:
216:
154:
137:
192:
172:
256:
In 1973, a
Rutenber descendant donated a Rutenber engine to the Smithsonian Institution.
308:
265:
228:
180:
141:
347:
111:
44:
175:
automobiles, which became well known for their speed and power, winning the
232:
140:, United States, to manufacture a four-cylinder engine to the design of
271:
Edwin
Rutenber and Western Motor Company- Cass County History
354:
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
160:
In 1902, Rutenber relocated his company, renamed the
102:
94:
76:
68:
50:
40:
364:Defunct manufacturing companies based in Indiana
157:which used Rutenber engines until about 1923.
245:In December 1926, A. C. Barley, President of
8:
359:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Indiana
171:Rutenber engines were used from 1905 in the
19:
310:Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942
18:
369:Engine manufacturers of the United States
276:Rutenber advertisement at Chuck's Toyland
249:, bought Rutenber Motor Company and its
119:
287:
313:(3rd ed.). Krause Publications.
7:
299:
297:
295:
293:
291:
16:Defunct American motor manufacturer
384:Motor vehicle engine manufacturers
307:; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996).
35:1912 Rutenber Motors advertisement
14:
227:and were exported for use in the
29:
134:Rutenber Manufacturing Company
20:Rutenber Manufacturing Company
1:
179:race in 1909. In 1905, the
56:; 116 years ago
82:; 91 years ago
400:
240:The Rutenber Motor Company
28:
247:Roamer Motor Car Company
132:was established as the
130:Rutenber Motor Company
125:
24:Rutenber Motor Company
162:Western Motor Company
124:Rutenber engine, 1914
123:
22:Western Motor Company
251:Logansport, Indiana
166:Logansport, Indiana
107:Logansport, Indiana
25:
305:Kimes, Beverly Rae
126:
320:978-0-87341-428-9
138:Chicago, Illinois
118:
117:
72:Edwin A. Rutenber
391:
379:Vintage vehicles
338:
331:
325:
324:
301:
90:
88:
83:
64:
62:
57:
33:
26:
399:
398:
394:
393:
392:
390:
389:
388:
344:
343:
342:
341:
332:
328:
321:
303:
302:
289:
284:
262:
173:Stoddard-Dayton
150:
114:
86:
84:
81:
60:
58:
55:
36:
23:
21:
17:
12:
11:
5:
397:
395:
387:
386:
381:
376:
371:
366:
361:
356:
346:
345:
340:
339:
334:Rutenber Motor
326:
319:
286:
285:
283:
280:
279:
278:
273:
268:
266:Edwin Rutenber
261:
258:
229:Australian Six
149:
146:
142:Edwin Rutenber
116:
115:
110:
104:
100:
99:
96:
92:
91:
78:
74:
73:
70:
66:
65:
52:
48:
47:
42:
38:
37:
34:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
396:
385:
382:
380:
377:
375:
372:
370:
367:
365:
362:
360:
357:
355:
352:
351:
349:
335:
330:
327:
322:
316:
312:
311:
306:
300:
298:
296:
294:
292:
288:
281:
277:
274:
272:
269:
267:
264:
263:
259:
257:
254:
252:
248:
243:
241:
236:
234:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
174:
169:
167:
163:
158:
156:
147:
145:
143:
139:
135:
131:
122:
113:
112:United States
108:
105:
101:
97:
93:
79:
75:
71:
67:
53:
49:
46:
43:
39:
32:
27:
329:
309:
255:
244:
239:
237:
177:Indianapolis
170:
161:
159:
151:
133:
129:
127:
103:Headquarters
374:1900s cars
348:Categories
282:References
45:Automotive
233:carousels
209:Lexington
80:est. 1933
260:See also
225:Westcott
201:Halladay
189:American
41:Industry
213:Luverne
148:History
85: (
77:Defunct
69:Founder
59: (
51:Founded
317:
221:Roamer
217:Nyberg
185:Meteor
155:Auburn
98:Closed
205:Jewel
197:Glide
164:, to
315:ISBN
223:and
193:Burg
181:Moon
153:the
128:The
95:Fate
87:1933
61:1908
54:1908
136:in
350::
290:^
235:.
219:,
215:,
211:,
207:,
203:,
199:,
195:,
191:,
144:.
109:,
323:.
89:)
63:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
