Eclipse Machine Company

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Eclipse Machine Company
Formerly
  • Steel Pulley & Machine Company
  • Eclipse Bicycle Company
Industry
Founded1883 (1883)
FounderHarmon H. Fulton
Headquarters,
United States
Parent

The Eclipse Machine Company was an American bicycle and aircraft component manufacturer.

History

The Steel Pulley & Machine Company was founded in 1883 in Indianapolis, Indiana by Harmon H. Fulton. It moved to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1892 and again in 1895 to Elmira, New York. [2] Then, in 1914, the company started manufacturing automobile starter motors under license from the Bendix Corporation and in 1929 was acquired by Bendix outright. [3] By 1939, the company had been combined with Pioneer Instrument Company under a new roof at a factory in Teterboro, New Jersey. [4] During World War II, the company built timed anti-aircraft fuses and 20 mm aircraft cannon. It was the latter that spurred the construction of a second plant in 1940. [5]

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References

  1. Annual Report for Year 1929, Chicago, Illinois: Bendix Aviation Corporation, 19 March 1930, retrieved 7 September 2021 via Smithsonian Institution
  2. "Eclipse History 1". Dave's Vintage Bicycles. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "Eclipse History 3". Dave's Vintage Bicycles. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. "Bendix Awakens Brand New Hope in Tiny Borough". Bergen Evening Record. 29 September 1939. p. TS19. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. "Eclipse History 5". Dave's Vintage Bicycles. Retrieved 30 May 2021.