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Manchester Locomotive Works

Manchester Locomotive Works

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Manchester Locomotive Works was a manufacturing company located in Manchester, New Hampshire, that built steam locomotives and fire engines in the 19th century. The first locomotive the company built was for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in March 1855.[1]

1882 advertisement for the Manchester Locomotive Works
The plant in 1912.

Manchester purchased the locomotive manufacturing operation from the Amoskeag Locomotive Works in 1859. It acquired the steam fire engine business from Amoskeag Locomotive in 1876.[2]

In 1901, Manchester and seven other locomotive manufacturing firms merged to form American Locomotive Company (ALCO). Locomotive production ceased in 1913.

Preserved Manchester locomotives

The following locomotives (listed in serial number order) built by Manchester before the ALCO merger have been preserved.[3] All locations are in the United States unless otherwise noted.

More information Serial number, Wheel arrangement (Whyte notation) ...

Notes

  1. Edson, William D.; Corley, Raymond F. (Autumn 1982). "Locomotives of the Grand Trunk Railway". Railroad History. 147 (147). Boston, Mass.: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society: 49. JSTOR 43520915.
  2. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. of Manchester, New Hampshire: A History. Manchester, NH: Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. 1915. pp. 77–80. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  3. "Steam Locomotive Information". steamlocomotive.info. Sunshine Software. Retrieved 2005-10-04.
  4. LaCombe, Don. "Greenfield Village Perimeter Railroad: from concept to reality". The Henry Ford Blog. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. "BM G-11a #410 - www.rgusrail.com". rgusrail.com. Retrieved 2022-03-20.

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