Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works Collection
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Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
- Dates:
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1874-1910
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1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0164
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of business correspondence 1895-1901 of the company, including correspondence of the General Manager, D.A. Wightman; personal papers of Mr. Daniel A. Wightman including a sketch book, 1874-76; Specifications for locomotives and tenders; price lists; locomotive cost estimates; tests; hauling capacities of locomotives; and co...
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Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima Railroad, Inc.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
- Dates:
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1919-1949
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3 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1180
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Service Department Records document the activity of the service and sales department of Lima Locomotive Works. Lima Locomotive Works manufactured Shay Locomotives in Lima, Ohio, from 1879 to 1980 when production ended. This collection contains cards describing the purchasing and selling of Shay Locomotives, maintenance of the locomotives, and sales calls made by the company.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
Baldwin Locomotive Works
- Dates:
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1870-1890
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9 Cubic feet (4 drawers)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0353
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of 202 assembly drawings of locomotives and tenders, prepared to check the clearances and major component parts of the locomotive and retained for engineering reference.
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Southern Iron & Equipment Company
Bond, Edward
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1903-1960
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0354
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document the rebuilding of locomotives by the Southern Iron & Equipment Company during the period circa 1903-1960. They consist of one folder of "Memorandum of Locomotive Numbers" and a number of 4" x 6" cards recording sales of rebuilt locomotives. The "Memorandum," (forty-eight pages) lists the locomotives by number and shows the ...
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Woodard, William E., 1873-1942 (inventor)
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1909 - 1949
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3.3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0125
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of United States, Canadian, Mexican and other foreign patents issued to William E. Woodard from 1909 to 1949. The patents are for Woodard's developments in steam and electric locomotive design.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
- Dates:
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1822-1956
- Size:
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7 Cubic feet
6 Microfilm (35 mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0157
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of Engine Registers and Engine Order Books. The Engine Registers list all locomotives built by the company from 1833 through 1956. They provide information on the purchasing railroad, date of trial, engine name, construction number, class, track gauge, number of wheels, size of cylinders, number of valves and fuel type. ...
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
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1867-1929.
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1181
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Four scrapbooks containing items relating to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, including: blueprints, photographs, examples of company letterhead and blank company forms, clippings and articles, business records such as contracts and specifications, trade literature, and miscellany.
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Haenlein, Paul, 1835-1905
- Dates:
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1867
- Size:
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0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1206
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a letter, and a multipage description of a "Balloon Locomotive," from inventor Paul Haenlein to U. S. Minister to the Court of St. James's, Charles Francis Adams, asking him to share the balloon locomotive plans with the U. S. government. There is also a letter from Benjamin Moran (U. S. Embassy in London) to Edward Stanton, Secretary of War under the Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson presidencies, in which the letter and description were forwarded.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1981, 1995
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-267
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of camera rolls used in the production of "John Bull: The World's Oldest Operable Locomotive" (5:11). This 1981 film documents the John Bull, the world's oldest operable locomotive, running down the rails under its own steam on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. It accompanies the National Museum of American Hi...
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Interstate Commerce Commission
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
Yungmeyer, Martha
- Dates:
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1931-1964
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8 Cubic feet (24 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0241
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records compiled by the Bureau of Rail Safety of the Federal Railroad Administration. Data include names of locomotive builders and railroads operating them.