C. D. Beck & Company, of Sidney, Ohio

Sidney, Ohio

Sidney is a city in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,211 at the 2000 census. It is named after English poet Sir Phillip Sidney and is the county seat of Shelby County.Sidney was the recipient of the 1964 All-America City Award...

 was an intercity motorcoach and transit bus

Transit bus

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 manufacturing company based in the United States

United States

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 that was founded in 1934.

In 1953 Beck acquired Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company

Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company

The Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company is an Ohio based fire truck manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by John P Ahrens and Charles H Fox and built its first motorized fire engine in 1911. By the end of the following year production of horse-drawn fire apparatus ceased completely. Since then,...

, maker of fire apparatus

Fire apparatus

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 and transferred its production from Cincinnati to Sidney. In 1956 Mack Trucks

Mack Trucks

Mack Trucks is an American truck-manufacturing company and a former manufacturer of buses and trolley buses. A wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Véhicules Industriels since 1990, Mack Trucks is currently a subsidiary of AB Volvo. The company's headquarters are located in Greensboro, North Carolina...

bought Beck and closed it in 1958.

Total Beck bus and coach production was around 3150 units.

External links

• Beck in Coachbuilt.com