Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works drawings, 1894-1907.

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Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works drawings, 1894-1907.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the most successful builder of locomotives in the world.This collection contains 130 engineering drawings of Baldwin Locomotive Works locomotive parts for U.S. and foreign railroad lines.

1 box (131 drawings)

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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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...