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Saturday, 01 November 1890 / Published in History, Lozier Manufacturing Co.

Lozier Manufacturing Company of Toledo

November 1, 1890 / Admin

Henry Abram Lozier started to sell bicycles in 1887, when he was working as an agent of sewing machines manufacturer, New Home Sewing Machine Co. Two years later he started his own company together with another sewing machine dealer, Joseph L. Yost. Lozier and Yost Manufacturing Company was a seller of “Little Giant” line of juvenile bicycles.

Witnessing a big demand on seamless steel tubes used for building bicycles, Lozier and Yost decided to invest their money in building a mill. Lozier-Yost Seamless Tube Company was formed in January 1890, and soon renamed to Shelby Steel Tube Company when the mill was finally built in Shelby, Ohio with help of a local merchant, Colonel D.L. Cockley, who became third major underwriter in the new venture.

In late 1891 Lozier bought Yost’s half of their bicycle company and used his Shelby profits to start his own bicycle manufacture: Lozier Manufacturing Company of Toledo. He also founded another company, Lozier & Co., to market his bicycles under the name “Cleveland”. Within two years Lozier became one of four major bicycle manufacturers in U.S., together with Pope, Overman and Gormully & Jeffery.

A circa 1890’s view of Lozier Manufacturing Company bicycle factory on Central Avenue in Toledo, Ohio.

Within two years Lozier became one of four major bicycle manufacturers in U.S., together with Pope, Overman and Gormully & Jeffery. In 1897, Lozier sold the Toledo factory and three others to Albert Pope’s American Bicycle Company conglomerate.

Source

Excerpt from Outing

An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Sport, Travel and Recreation

October, 1894 – March, 1895

Vol. XXV

The Cleveland

In 1895 Lozier opened a branch of his bicycle business in Toronto. It was second biggest bicycle operation in Canada after Massey-Harris, a local manufacturer of agricultural machinery and bikes. These two companies and three smaller ones merged to form the Canadian Cycle & Motor Company (CCM) in 1899. CCM survived the recessive economic climate despite strong competition from the USA, and exported bicycles to Australia and South Africa.

1899. 28 Cleveland H.A. Lozier & Co.

Source: Vintage Motorbikes and Bikes and oldbike.eu

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