The Union Automobile Company was an automobile factory to manufacture the Union automobile through the Buckeye Manufacturing Company. It began manufacturing automobiles in 1902 and produced them through 1905. The company was located in Union City, Indiana.
History
The money pooled together for the founding of the Union Automobile Company was $50,000 ($1.83 million in 2023). The company started constructing buildings in Union City in January 1901 for the assembly of automobiles.[1]
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