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Title
Lima
Locomotive
Works
Subject
Industries--Ohio
Locomotives--Ohio
Steam locomotives--United States
Diesel locomotives--United States
Lima Locomotive Works, Incorporated
Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Clark Equipment Company
Woodward, W. E. (William E.), 1874-1950
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Lima (Ohio)
Allen County (Ohio)
Description
Reverse
reads
: "
Lima
Rail
Yards
.
Lima.
" This
is
most
likely
the
Lima
Locomotive
Works
,
which
was
located
at
South
Main
Street
and
Nickel
Plate
Railroad
crossing
. The
company
manufactured
all
types
of
railroad
locomotives
1870s
through
the
1950s
. The
company
is
best
known
for
producing
the
Shay
geared
logging
steam
locomotive
and for
being
the
home
of
William
E
.
Woodard's
"
Super
Power
"
advanced
steam
locomotive
concept
-
exemplified
by the
prototype
2-8-4
Berkshire
,
Lima
demonstrator
A-1
. The
plant
,
covering
nearly
60
acres
, was
one
of the
three
largest
of its
kind
in the
United
States
. The
largest
and
most
interesting
building
is
the
shop
in
which
the
engines
are
assembled
. In
1947
, the
firm
merged
with
General
Machinery
Corporation
of
Hamilton
,
Ohio
, to
form
Lima-Hamilton
. From
1949
to
1951
Lima-Hamilton
produced
a
total
of
174
Diesel
Locomotives
, in
6
different
models
. In
1951
,
Lima-Hamilton
merged
with
Baldwin
Locomotive
Works
to
form
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
(BLH)
. The
Lima-Hamilton
line
of
Diesels
was
discontinued
, in
favor
of
Baldwin's
existing
line
.
Though
Lima
and
Baldwin
had been
known
for
high-quality
steam
locomotives
, their
line
of
diesel-electric
locomotives
was
unable
to
compete
with
EMD
,
Alco
, and
GE
.
BLH
left
the
locomotive
business
in
1956
. For a
time
,
Clark
Equipment
Company
manufactured
Lima-brand
construction
cranes
in the
old
plant
.
Most
of the
company's
records
and
builder's
drawings
are
now
housed
in the
California
State
Railroad
Museum's
library
in
Sacramento
,
California
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
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File Size
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-05-27
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