Crouch Automobile Manufacturing and Transportation Company

 Automotive manufacturer Baltimore, Maryland; USA From 1899 to 1900.

Crouch Automobile Manufacturing and Transportation Company was an early American manufacturer of steam automobiles. The brand name was Crouch. 

History

Lee Crouch had already manufactured in 1894 in his engineering company a vehicle with a gasoline engine. The Pierce & Crouchin New Brighton, Pennsylvania. He built a engine in 1896 it was a single-cylinder petrol engine for Carlos C. Booth, who installed this in a vehicle. This vehicle was called Booth-Crouch. Until 1899 followed by other engines. In January 1899, Crouch designed a steam car .

Lee Crouch founded in 1899 with a few partners the company in Baltimore. Crouch was Superintendent, DA Clark President, J. Stewart MacDonald Vice President and HC Fossett Treasurer. The brothers Frederick and Lewis Davidson were also involved. 

The car had a body as a small runabout fitted with steam engine powered the vehicles with tiller steering. It was a V2 engine with 8 HP power. The maximum speed was indicated at 72 km / h. 

The production of automobiles ran until bankruptcy in 1900. Overall, they only built three cars with the last two being steam.