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Baldwin Tower in Eddystone, Pennsylvania Plan of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, c. 1903 Initially, Baldwin built many more steam locomotives at its cramped 196-acre (0.79 km 2 ) Broad Street Philadelphia shop [ 16 ] but would begin an incremental shift in production to a 616-acre (2.49 km 2 ) site located at Spring Street in ...
Eddystone Arsenal was a Baldwin Locomotive Works subsidiary located in Eddystone, Pennsylvania that produced military hardware for the Allies of World War I. As orders from combatants exceeded the production capacity of Baldwin's Philadelphia factory, new manufacturing facilities were built in Eddystone, Pennsylvania .
The area of Eddystone is rather historic, home to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, which built 100,000+ steam, diesel, and electric locomotives until the mid-1950s. The station, located at Industrial Highway ( PA 291 ) & Saville Avenue, includes a 12-space parking lot.
Baldwin 60000 is an experimental steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in 1926, during the height of the railroading industry. It received its number for being the 60,000th locomotive built by Baldwin. [2] It was designed to be the best locomotive that Baldwin ever made.
Samuel Matthews Vauclain (May 18, 1856 – February 4, 1940) was an American engineer, inventor of the Vauclain compound locomotive, and president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. [1] He was awarded the John Scott Award and the Elliott Cresson Medal by The Franklin Institute in 1891.
The company began construction on its new foundry and headquarters on 112 acres (45 ha), [7] in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, near Baldwin Locomotive's facilities. [6] The new plant opened two years later, circa July 1930, and produced castings weighing from 100 to 110,000 pounds (45 to 49,895 kg).
A list of diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works since 1939. The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it moved to nearby Eddystone in the early 20th century.
Pennsylvania Railroad 520 is a preserved L1s class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built in December 1916 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Pennsylvania Railroad for freight duties as a member of the L1s class. In 1942, the locomotive was involved in a devastating boiler explosion incident that required construction of a new ...