Item 13273 - Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
"The Portland Company built to order several 60-inch-gauge locomotives during the Civil War for the U.S. government and delivered them in 1864. More engines, however, were procured from the company under less willing circumstances by the government, as the four other locomotives they wanted were under contracts from civilian railroads. The photograph above clearly shows from the builder's plate that this locomotive was built in 1863, and the 'U.S.' is cast right into that plate. Company records show that four engines were built for the government in 1864 and not delivered until September of that year, so was this one of the earlier locomotives meant for a private road?"--Fletcher, David H. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002, 27.
Other Information
- Title: Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863
- Creator: Portland Company
- Creation Date: circa 1863
- Subject Date: circa 1863
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242 Box 35 Folder 35/47
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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LC Subject Headings
Locomotive works--Maine--Portland
Locomotive industry--Maine--Portland
Railroad locomotives--American--Maine
Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
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