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{{short description|American bicycle component manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Indianapolis Chain and Stamping Company
| logo =Diamond Chain.png
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt =
| image= Diamond Chain Company Indianapolis July 2022.jpg
| image_caption = Diamond Chain Company in 2022
| type =
| industry =Manufacturing
| predecessor = 
| founded = {{Start date and age|1890}} in [[Chicago]], U.S.
| founder = [[Arthur C. Newby]]
| defunct = 
| fate =
| successor = Diamond Chain
| hq_location_city = [[Indianapolis]]
| hq_location_country =
| area_served = 
| key_people =
| products = Bicycle chains
| owner = 
| num_employees =
| num_employees_year = 
| parent =
| website = {{URL|diamondchain.com|Diamond}}
}}
'''Indianapolis Chain and Stamping Company''' also known as '''Diamond''' is a company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. At one time they supplied bicycle chains for the majority of bicycles produced in the United States.

== Background ==
The company was started in 1890 by [[Arthur C. Newby]] and partners Edward C. Fletcher and Glenn Howe. The company grew to provide bicycle chains on 60% of all bicycles sold in the United States. The chains were produced under the name ''Diamond''.<ref name="University"/>

== History ==
The company began with four machines and four workers. The only product of the company was chains to for bicycle wheel sprockets.<ref name="Bdenhamer"/> The company experienced growth and began to construct a new building in 1895. The new factory was completed in November 1895.<ref name="Indiana"/> The factory was located where the [[Hoosier Dome]] now sits in Indianapolis.<ref name="Bdenhamer"/>

In 1896 [[Henry Ford]] purchased ten feet of chain from the company. Experts believe Ford used the chain on his first [[Quadricycle]].<ref name="Ford"/>

In 1899 The company was sold to a bicycle trust under the name [[American Bicycle Company]] which was run by [[Albert pope|Albert Pope]].<ref name="Trust"/>

The [[Wright brothers|Wilbur and Orville Wright]] operated a bicycle store in Ohio, and they became agents for the company.<ref name="Bdenhamer"/> In 1903 the Wright Brothers had the company design special chains which they used to make their historic first airplane flight at [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina|Kitty Hawk]].<ref name="Hamlett"/>

In 1905 the company was then sold to Lucius Wainwright who had been managing the business. The company was renamed ''Diamond Chain & Manufacturing Company''. Automobiles were becoming popular and the company expanded to make chains for automobiles.<ref name="Hamlett"/>

The company still exists under the name Diamond. The company has diversified and they now produce chains for a variety of industries.<ref name="Diamond"/>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Diamond">{{cite web |title=A Heritage of Quality and Expertise |url=https://www.diamondchain.com/history/ |website=Diamond Chain |publisher=The Diamond Chain Company |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229001254/https://www.diamondchain.com/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Hamlett">{{cite news |last1=Hamlett |first1=Ryan |title=The Indianapolis Chain and Stamping Co. |url=https://historicindianapolis.com/the-indianapolis-chain-and-stamping-co/ |access-date=29 December 2021 |publisher=Historic Indianapolis |date=11 March 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029075229/https://historicindianapolis.com/the-indianapolis-chain-and-stamping-co/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Trust">{{cite news |title=Bicycles in the Trust |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91345589/trust/ |access-date=29 December 2021 |publisher=The Tacoma Daily Ledger |date=24 June 1899 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229004311/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91345589/trust/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Bdenhamer">{{cite book |last1=Bdenhamer |first1=David |last2=Barrows |first2=Robert G. |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |date=1994 |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington |isbn=0-253-31222-1 |pages=504–505 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C&dq=Indianapolis+Chain+and+Stamping+Company&pg=PA504 |access-date=28 December 2021 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226160658/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Indianapolis/bg13QcMSsq8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Indianapolis+Chain+and+Stamping+Company&pg=PA504&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="University">David J. Bodenhamer, Robert G. Barrows (editors). ''The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis'', Indiana University Press, 1994 {{ISBN|0253312221}}</ref>
<ref name="Indiana">{{cite news |title=Ohio and Indiana |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-06-1895-2912015/ |access-date=29 December 2021 |publisher=Cincinnati Commercial Gazette |date=6 October 1895 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229162747/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-06-1895-2912015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Ford">{{cite web |title=Receipt Showing Purchase of Bicycle Chain for Henry Ford's Quadricycle, May 28, 1896 |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/48770/ |website=The Henry Ford |access-date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229003608/https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/48770/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:History of cycling in the United States]]
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