American Locomotive Company Manchester New Hampshire 1912

Manchester Locomotive Works was a manufacturing company located in

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, that built

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and

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s in the 19th century. The first locomotive the company built was for the

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in March 1855. Manchester_Locomotive_Works_ad_1882

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. In 1901, Manchester and seven other locomotive manufacturing firms merged to form

American Locomotive Company The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various time ...

(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. All locations are in the

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unless otherwise noted.

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