Torch Lake Steam Locomotive, 1873
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Torch Lake, built by Mason Machine Works in 1873, hauled ore for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. This builder's photograph shows the locomotive shortly after its completion at Mason's Taunton, Massachusetts, factory. Mason produced more than 750 steam locomotives between 1853 and 1889. Torch Lake joined The Henry Ford's collection in 1969.
Torch Lake, built by Mason Machine Works in 1873, hauled ore for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. This builder's photograph shows the locomotive shortly after its completion at Mason's Taunton, Massachusetts, factory. Mason produced more than 750 steam locomotives between 1853 and 1889. Torch Lake joined The Henry Ford's collection in 1969.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
August 1969
Subject Date
1873
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.P.B.53273
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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