The Worthington Automobile Company was a short-lived automobile manufacturer in the United States that made automobiles between 1904 and 1905.
19-550: The company was founded by Charles Campbell Worthington , formerly head of the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation . After retiring from that position, he designed and built six Worthington Meteor steam automobiles. He then became interested in gasoline engines and organized the Worthington Automobile Company. This company built several types of pleasure car. Worthington was financed by
38-522: A country resort and golf course at Shawnee-on-Delaware . He invented a gang lawnmower to maintain the greens, and founded the Shawnee Mower Company to build the mowers. This company remained in business until around 1959. Citations Sources Charles Campbell Worthington Charles Campbell Worthington , or C.C. Worthington , (January 1854 – October 1944) was an American industrialist whose efforts were in part responsible for
57-840: The British Expeditionary army coming to the aid of General Gordon in Khartoum , Sudan. The British pump suppliers did not have the capacity to deliver the pumps fast enough. The British company James Simpson & Co. learned of the Worthington company because of this order, and on 13 December 1885 signed an agreement with the Worthington Pumping Engine Company under which they gained exclusive manufacturing rights for Worthington pumps in Britain. In 1899, Worthington sold his interests in
76-663: The Shawnee Country Club. The course was completed around 1910. In 1912, he invited professional golfers to compete on his course, and this led to the foundation of the Professional Golfers' Association of America . After trying unsuccessfully to keep the fairways in shape by grazing sheep on them, Worthington designed the gang mower with three moving wheels. He launched the Shawnee Mower Factory to manufacture it. Later this became
95-932: The Worthington Automobile Company . This company built several types of pleasure car. Worthington was financed by the Vanderbilt fortune. In 1904, he purchased the rights and property of the Berg Automobile Company . In 1905, Berg cars were built by Worthington, which was also building its first Meteor cars. By the end of 1905, the Berg-Worthington collaboration had failed. In the late 1890s, Worthington began to spend an increasing amount of time at his country home in Shawnee on Delaware , in Pennsylvania on
114-616: The Worthington Mower Company , based in nearby Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Worthington saw there was demand from farmers for a low-priced tractor that could economically handle light loads. He produced the Worthington Model T until 1930, and then the Worthington Model A based on components from the Ford Model A . The company made about 430 Model T tractors and just over 400 Model A tractors. At first
133-464: The Vanderbilt fortune. In 1904 Horseless Age Magazine reported that the leaders of the Worthington Automobile Company, had purchased the rights and property of the Berg Automobile Company . The Berg company would retain its name. The Worthington company would sell the 18-horsepower Berg under the name of the Meteor. A new garage was being built between West 49th and 50th streets. Charles C. Worthington
152-734: The Worthington Pump Co. to a consortium of six leading pump manufacturers. The combined company became the International Steam Pump Company . Worthington was president of the company. The International Pump Company was forced to dissolve due to findings under the Sherman Antitrust Act , and in 1903 Worthington retired. After retiring from pump manufacturing, Worthington designed and built six Worthington Meteor steam automobiles. He then became interested in gasoline engines and organized
171-654: The banks of the Delaware River , about 75 miles (121 km) to the west of New York. He built his first small golf course around 1898. In 1903, he purchased 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) of land of both sides of the Delaware River. He built Buckwood Lodge, a small mansion, on the side of Kittatinny Ridge in Pennsylvania, between the river and Sunfish Pond , a small lake higher up the ridge covering 258 acres (104 ha). Worthington gave Sunfish Pond
190-628: The family business, eventually taking over the Worthington Company upon his father's death in 1880. While head of the company, Worthington contributed many useful improvements to pumps, compressors, and other machines. In 1885 the Worthington Pumping Engine Company, representatives of Worthington pumps of the United States, obtained an order from the British Army to deliver ten high-pressure pumps to deliver water needed by
209-714: The foundation of the Professional Golfers Association . He invented the first commercially successful gang lawnmower for fairway maintenance. Charles Campbell Worthington was born in Brooklyn, New York , in January 1854, son of Sara Newton and Henry Rossiter Worthington . His father had invented the first direct-acting steam pump in 1840. He graduated from the School of Mines at Columbia University . After graduating from Columbia, he entered
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#1732797823910228-867: The inn was successful, but it had difficulty competing as travel became easier. With the Great Depression the inn's business suffered, and the building was not properly maintained. Worthington's family sold the inn in 1943 to Fred Waring , a famous choral master. The mower company was sold in 1945 to Jacobsen Manufacturing . Worthington was a member of The Tin Whistles. In 1879, Worthington married Julia Apgar Hedden. After her death, he married his second wife, Maude Clement Rice, in 1906. The couple had two daughters. Worthington died in October 1944. Notes Citations Sources Worthington Automobile Company The Worthington Automobile Company
247-767: The name of Buckwood Lake, and used it as a water supply for his lodge. Worthington hunted deer in what is now the Worthington State Forest in Warren County, New Jersey . In 1904, Worthington built Worthington Hall , later known as the Shawnee Playhouse, in Shawnee on Delaware. Worthington built the Buckwood Inn in Shawnee, an exclusive resort with an eighteen-hole golf course, designed by A. W. Tillinghast . This later became
266-496: Was a short-lived automobile manufacturer in the United States that made automobiles between 1904 and 1905. The company was founded by Charles Campbell Worthington , formerly head of the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation . After retiring from that position, he designed and built six Worthington Meteor steam automobiles. He then became interested in gasoline engines and organized the Worthington Automobile Company. This company built several types of pleasure car. Worthington
285-428: Was financed by the Vanderbilt fortune. In 1904 Horseless Age Magazine reported that the leaders of the Worthington Automobile Company, had purchased the rights and property of the Berg Automobile Company . The Berg company would retain its name. The Worthington company would sell the 18-horsepower Berg under the name of the Meteor. A new garage was being built between West 49th and 50th streets. Charles C. Worthington
304-469: Was from a French design ( Léon Bollée Automobiles ) and the Berg was German. In 1905 Berg cars were built by Worthington, which was also building its first Meteor cars. The Meteor, built between 1905 and 1906, was a five-seat tonneau with an 18 hp engine in an aluminum motor block rated between 200 and 1,000 rpm. By the end of 1905 the Berg-Worthington collaboration had failed. Later Worthington created
323-414: Was from a French design ( Léon Bollée Automobiles ) and the Berg was German. In 1905 Berg cars were built by Worthington, which was also building its first Meteor cars. The Meteor, built between 1905 and 1906, was a five-seat tonneau with an 18 hp engine in an aluminum motor block rated between 200 and 1,000 rpm. By the end of 1905 the Berg-Worthington collaboration had failed. Later Worthington created
342-479: Was president of the company and H. Rossiter Worthington was secretary and treasurer. In August 1904 the Worthington Automobile Company entered their Meteor and Berg cars in the Long Branch, New Jersey , automobile races, and in the five-mile pick up race finished first and second. The 1904 Worthington Bollee had a four-cylinder motor with an average of 24 hp rising to 30 hp at maximum rpm. The Bollee
361-417: Was president of the company and H. Rossiter Worthington was secretary and treasurer. In August 1904 the Worthington Automobile Company entered their Meteor and Berg cars in the Long Branch, New Jersey , automobile races, and in the five-mile pick up race finished first and second. The 1904 Worthington Bollee had a four-cylinder motor with an average of 24 hp rising to 30 hp at maximum rpm. The Bollee
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