Baldwin "Consolidation" Steam Locomotive, 1909

Artifact Overview

Locomotives like this hauled heavy freight at relatively slow speeds. These brutes were based on practicality and increasing understandings of scientific principles, not aesthetics. This locomotive brought iron ore south and coal north on the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, connecting Pittsburgh with Lake Erie. The B&LE played a limited but utterly crucial role in a nationally important heavy industry: steel.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Steam locomotive

Date Made

1909

Creators

Baldwin Locomotive Works

Place of Creation

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in Transportation - Trains

Object ID

83.190.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Steel

Color

Black (Color)

Inscriptions

Location of inscription not noted: BESS I EMER Location of inscription not noted: 154 Location of inscription not noted: 154 / B&LE / C3B

Keywords	United States, Ohio, Conneaut Locomotives Steam locomotives Railroad trains Freight and freightage Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company Railroads (Infrastructure)