Southwark Foundry and Machine Company Records

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Southwark Foundry and Machine Company Records

circa 1868-1945.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8fecadb55-a285-4439-8276-c571fd9aef65

342 Cubic feet

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662391

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

Related Entities

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Southwark Foundry and Machine Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64v7b3t (corporateBody)

De La Vergne Engine Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6481cpq (corporateBody)

Baldwin-Southwark Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w652097x (corporateBody)

Baldwin Locomotive Works

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p5rb6 (corporateBody)

Matthias Baldwin (b. 1795), a former jeweler and tool manufacturer, was commissioned in 1831 by Franklin Peale to fashion a miniature locomotive engine to be displayed at his Philadelphia Museum. Soon the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad asked Baldwin to construct "Old Ironsides," his first full-size engine, in 1832. Subsequently, M.W. Baldwin, incorporated in 1831, became an establishment for the manufacture of locomotive engines at 400 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The po...