Moline; Moline-Knight

The Moline Automobile Company, based in East Moline, Illinois, traced its origins to the Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company, a firm that had produced stationary and portable engines since 1899. The company was founded by Orlando J. Root and W. H. Vandervoort, whose surnames later appeared in the R. & V. Knight, the marque that succeeded the Moline-Knight in 1920. The first automobile produced under the Moline name was fitted…