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- Torch Lake Steam Locomotive, 1873 - <em>Torch Lake</em>, 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. <em>Torch Lake</em> joined The Henry Ford's collection in 1969.
- August 01, 1969
- Collections - Artifact
Torch Lake Steam Locomotive, 1873
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.
- "Details of 3rd 16x24 Double Truck Engine (J.W. Hunter), Dec 1875" - Born in Mystic, Connecticut, in 1808, William Mason designed and built machines for New England's thriving textile industry before joining the locomotive business in 1852. His Mason Machine Works factory in Taunton, Massachusetts, turned out quality locomotives in a variety of gauges for both mainline and industrial railroads. The company ended locomotive production after Mason's death in 1883.
- December 01, 1875
- Collections - Artifact
"Details of 3rd 16x24 Double Truck Engine (J.W. Hunter), Dec 1875"
Born in Mystic, Connecticut, in 1808, William Mason designed and built machines for New England's thriving textile industry before joining the locomotive business in 1852. His Mason Machine Works factory in Taunton, Massachusetts, turned out quality locomotives in a variety of gauges for both mainline and industrial railroads. The company ended locomotive production after Mason's death in 1883.