Stover Manufacturing and Engine Company

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.

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

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.

References
  1. American Gasoline Engines Since 1872, MBI Publishing, 1999, pp. 489-96.
  2. "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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