[American Locomotive Works], Album Showing Munitions Production at Facilities in Richmond, VA, Dunkirk, NY, and Montreal, Quebec, c. 1918

[American Locomotive Works]

Album Showing Munitions Production at Facilities in Richmond, VA, Dunkirk, NY, and Montreal, Quebec, c. 1918

Linen-backed silver prints (47)

Each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches

$ 1,800.00

[American Locomotive Works], Album Showing Munitions Production at Facilities in Richmond, VA, Dunkirk, NY, and Montreal, Quebec, c. 1918

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This 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 each photograph and a brief description.Photographs of the Richmond Works include views of the Shell Forge Department; Shell Machine Department; Shell Paint department; Cartridge Case department, and the Bullet Case Department. Photographs of the Brooks Works show the Shell Machine Department; Shell Cleaning and Painting Department; Shell Bonding Room, and the "adapters and gaines." Photographs of the Montreal Locomotive Works include views of the Cartridge Case Department; Shell Forge Department; Main Machine Shop; Shell Shop; Blacksmith Shop; Shell Machine Shop; and the Shell Inspection Department.

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