S.R. Bailey & Company was an American manufacturer of electric automobiles from 1905 until 1916. They were based in Amesbury, Massachusetts, an early capital of automobile manufacture prior to the Great Depression.
Advertisement of S.R. Bailey & Co. from 1913Advertisement of S.R. Bailey & Co. from 1913
Company History
The company, based in Amesbury, Massachusetts, originally manufactured car bodies. Amesbury was a major center of car body manufacturers prior to the Great Depression. In 1907, S.R. Bailey began the production of automobiles. The brand name was Bailey, sometimes with the addition of Electric. 1916 was the last year of production, when the enterprise went into bankruptcy. Assets were purchased by Biddle and Smart, manufacturer of automobile bodies, in 1917.[1]
Vehicles
The company produced electric cars. The range was given as 80 to 100 miles at a constant speed of 15 m.p.h. The batteries were mounted below the body.[2]
^Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805–1942. Digital Edition. 3rd ed. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN978-1-4402-3778-2, P. 96
^George Nick Georgano (Editor): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN1-57958-293-1, P. 126.
