Eclipse Machine Company

Eclipse Machine Company
Formerly	Steel Pulley & Machine Company ; Eclipse Bicycle Company ;
Industry	Aerospace ; Bicycles ;
Founded	1883
Founder	Harmon H. Fulton
Headquarters	Elmira Heights, New York , United States
Parent	Electric Auto-Lite Company ; Bendix Aviation ;

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

History [ edit ]

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]

References [ edit ]

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

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[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 .

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