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Linen-backed silver prints (47); Each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inchesThis interesting presentation album shows three different locomotive works, all owned by the American Locomotive Company, which were converted to munitions production during the first World War.
The American Locomotive Company was formed by the merger of several smaller locomotive manufacturers, the Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk, NY, the Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, NJ, the Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, PA, the Manchester Locomotive Works in Manchester, NH, the Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works in Pittsburgh, PA, the Rhode Island Locomotive Works in Providence, RI, the Richmond Locomotive Works in Richmond, VA, and the Schenectady Locomotive Works in Schenectady, NY. Two of these companies, Richmond Locomotive Works and Brooks Locomotive Works, as well as Montreal Locomotive Works, which ALCO purchased in 1904, are represented in the album.
At the beginning of the album there is a four-page typed index of… Read More