Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company

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Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company
IndustryBicycle manufacturing
Founded1881; 141 years ago (1881) in Freeport, U.S.
FounderD.C. Stover
Defunct1942 (1942)
Headquarters
Freeport, U.S.
,
United States
ProductsBicycles
OwnerD.C. Stover

The Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company was created by D.C. Stover in 1862.[1] An established inventor, he progressed through a profitable windmill business to, in 1895, the manufacture of kerosene and gasoline powered stationary engines for use on the American farm.

History[]

The Stover company began producing windmills in 1871.[2]"To Extend Field of Stover Engine". Freeport-Journal Standard. 15 March 1907. Retrieved 24 December 2021.</ref> It was incorporated in 1881 as the Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company and by 1922 they had 600 employees.[3][2]

Stover made more than 277,000 engines of various sizes and uses.[4] Stover licensed some designs to Sears, Roebuck and Co. under the Economy trademark.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ American Gasoline Engines Since 1872, MBI Publishing, 1999, pp. 489-96.
  2. ^ a b "To Extend Field of Stover Engine". Freeport-Journal Standard. 15 March 1907. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ Farm Machinery, Farm Power (No. 1572-73 ed.). St. Louis MO: Midland Publishing. 15 March 1922. p. 30. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Keeping Track of Stover Engine Shipping Records". Gas Engine Magazine. Ogden Publications, Inc. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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