Knox Automobile Company

Knox Automobile Company
IndustryAutomotive industry
Founded1900; 124 years ago (1900)
Defunct1915; 109 years ago (1915), 1924; 100 years ago (1924)
FateBankruptcy
SuccessorKnox Motor Company
HeadquartersSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
Harry A. Knox, Elihu H. Cutler
ProductsAutomobiles
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]

  1. ^ "Motor Age". 1915.