Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works drawings 1894-1907

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Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works drawings 1894-1907

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This collection contains 130 engineering drawings of Baldwin Locomotive Works locomotive parts for U.S. and foreign railroad lines.

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DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

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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...