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Formed the Franklin Automobile Company in 1901. Produced the first air-cooled automobile engine in 1902. Established a new cross-country record of 28.8 miles per gallon in 1928. Herbert H. Franklin’s support of innovation brought some cool competition to the early years of the automobile industry.
- John W. Anderson
A prolific inventor that provided millions of drivers with...
- Roy D. Chapin
Roy Chapin was instrumental in the expansion of the American...
- John M. Mack
Thursdays - Sundays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 21400 Oakwood Blvd,...
- Abner Doble
Thursdays - Sundays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 21400 Oakwood Blvd,...
- John W. Anderson
H. H. Franklin launched commercial die-casting and was the god-father of the process. He pioneered in fabrication of aluminum. Herbert H. Franklin, arriving at the old railroad depot one day late in 1893, held high hopes for fortune here.
The Franklin Automobile Company was a marketer of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York. Herbert H. Franklin, the founder, began his career in the metal die casting business before establishing his automobile enterprise. Controlled by Herbert H. Franklin it had very few other significant ...
Apr 15, 2021 · HERBERT H. Franklin was a visionary who knew his stuff. Even though the company he established was never a leading automobile manufacturer, it was a technological pioneer. It also was the benefactor of fierce brand loyalty from customers.
Sep 23, 2018 · Herbert H. Franklin has been deceased for half a century, but you’ve got to believe he’d grin and nod knowingly if he knew of the exploits of the Lamphere family, variously of Vermont, Tennessee and Alaska, and their fleet of Franklins.
In 1902 Herbert H. Franklin, together with engineer John Wilkinson, was one of the first to put a car with an air-cooled engine into serial production. Franklin was convinced that air-cooling was more reliable than water-cooling.
Apr 5, 2021 · Almost forty years earlier, in 1893, Herbert H. Franklin, a life-long newspaper man, sold his hometown paper, the Coxsacie News and purchased the patents for the “Underwood Process,” which ...
