Coach, wagon, and motor-truck manufacture, 1813-1928:the abbot-downing company of Concord: Historical New Hampshire/ by Harry N. Schieber.

Title:

Coach, wagon, and motor-truck manufacture, 1813-1928:the abbot-downing company of Concord: Historical New Hampshire/ by Harry N. Schieber.

Author:

Scheiber, Harry N.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, N.H. : Concord Historical Society, 1965.

Physical Description:

p.3-38 : illustrations.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1965 Vol. 20, Issue 3 (Autumn 1965) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

Lewis Downing opened a Concord wheelwright shop in 1813; added J. Stephen Abbot as partner, 1826. They soon perfected the Concord coach's round-bottomed, flat-topped, thorough-brace cradled design and built three thousand in the 19th century. With their sons they ran competing shops, 1847-65, but the sons merged, custom building with high handicraft standards. After receivership (1901-11) and a bankruptcy sale, the successor company made a belated, partial adjustment to the motor age. Sustained only by "civic pride as a source of funds" it failed to develop the necessary large-scale plant, technical staff, and sales organization. Illustrated with 24 prints from glass negatives in the New Hampshire Historical Society, mostly late 19th century.

Subjects:

Stagecoaches , Carriage and wagon making.

People:

Downing, Lewis, 1792-1873. , Abbot, J. Stephen, 1804-1871.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
Abbot & Downing Company (Concord, N.H.).

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