"Edison" Steam Locomotive in Greenfield Village, August 2003

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Artifact Overview

Edison is based on a switcher locomotive built about 1870 by Manchester Locomotive Works. Henry Ford purchased the switcher from Edison Portland Cement Company in 1932 and had it rebuilt into a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement by staff at Ford Motor Company's Rouge locomotive shop. Edison was photographed at work in Greenfield Village in 2003.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital image

Date Made

01 August 2003

Subject Date

01 August 2003

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.4112

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

"Edison" Steam Locomotive in Greenfield Village, August 2003