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- Contract between James Goold and the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad for Passenger Cars, 1831 - James Goold established his carriage shop in Albany, New York, in 1813. When the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad ordered six passenger coaches from him in 1831, Goold adapted his horse-drawn stagecoach designs to railroad service, using swell-sided bodies and leather thoroughbrace suspensions. The four-wheel stagecoach style seen in Goold's cars was superseded by longer eight-wheel railroad coaches by 1840.
- April 23, 1831
- Collections - Artifact
Contract between James Goold and the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad for Passenger Cars, 1831
James Goold established his carriage shop in Albany, New York, in 1813. When the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad ordered six passenger coaches from him in 1831, Goold adapted his horse-drawn stagecoach designs to railroad service, using swell-sided bodies and leather thoroughbrace suspensions. The four-wheel stagecoach style seen in Goold's cars was superseded by longer eight-wheel railroad coaches by 1840.
- Manufacturing Parts for Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, circa 1926 - Ford Motor Company never owned the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad -- Henry Ford owned it personally from 1920-1929. Nevertheless, Mr. Ford used many of Ford Motor Company's facilities to service the railroad under his ownership. Shops at the Rouge plant rebuilt many of the DT&I's locomotives and provided materials for buildings and structures along the line.
- circa 1926
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Manufacturing Parts for Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, circa 1926
Ford Motor Company never owned the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad -- Henry Ford owned it personally from 1920-1929. Nevertheless, Mr. Ford used many of Ford Motor Company's facilities to service the railroad under his ownership. Shops at the Rouge plant rebuilt many of the DT&I's locomotives and provided materials for buildings and structures along the line.
- Railroad Car Shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, New York, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1905
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Railroad Car Shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, New York, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.