Industry | Automotive industry |
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Founded | 1900 |
Defunct | 1915 | , 1924
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Successor | Knox Motor Company |
Headquarters | Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |
Key people | Harry A. Knox, Elihu H. Cutler |
Products | Automobiles |
Production output | 10,835 |
The Knox Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, between 1900 and 1914. Knox also built trucks and farm tractors until 1924. They are notable for building the very first modern fire engine in 1905, and the first American vehicle with hydraulic brakes, in 1915.[1]