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Title	Lima Locomotive Works Photographs
Subject	Transportation Business and Labor Construction Factories Railroads Railroad locomotives
Place	Lima (Ohio) Allen County (Ohio)
Description	Two 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm) photographs document train engines under construction at Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. Lima Locomotive Works began in 1869 when a group of men from Upper Sandusky purchased the Lima Agricultural Company, renamed it the Lima Machine Works, and began making sawmill machinery, stationary steam engines, boilers, jig saws, lathes, and agricultural equipment. In 1878, it expanded its operations to include the production of locomotives. The company, which employed 4,000 workers in its peak production years during World War II, was the third-largest producer of locomotives in the country. The "Cadillac of steam-locomotive builders" as the company was known, also manufactured cranes, draglines, and shovels. As the company grew, its name evolved to Lima Locomotive and Machine Company (1892), Lima Locomotive Corporation (1912), and finally Lima Locomotive Works, Incorporated (1916). After World War II, the company suffered from the lagging sales. Its merger with Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1950 could not save the company. The last locomotive was produced in Lima in 1951.
Creator	Ohio. Dept. of Development
Date of Original	1930 - 1950 circa
Collection	Ohio Department of Economic and Industrial Development
Source	Audiovisual material; State Archives Series 741
Format	picture
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
Date created	2010-06-04

Title	Om3191_3805971_001
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om3191_3805971_001.tif
Image Height	2946
Image Width	3788
File Size	3358.174 KB
Date created	2009-01-09

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