[PRCo] Re: Fwd: American Locomotive Company plant in Schenectedy, NY

Fred Schneider fwschneider at comcast.net
Tue Dec 7 11:44:13 EST 2010


What's it used for.   Kuhlman of Ohio went out of business about 1932.


On Dec 7, 2010, at 1:06 AM, Dwight Long wrote:

> Fred
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> I thought the Kuhlman plant was still there?
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> Dwight
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Fred Schneider 
>  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
>  Sent: Monday, 06 December, 2010 14:18
>  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: American Locomotive Company plant in Schenectedy, NY
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>  And the Brill plant, and Kuhlman, and Baldwin (the office building still sits along I-95 and Boeing Vertol was using the plant to build helicopters).   
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>  On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
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>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I know that Derrick enjoys industrial archeology.   I've been with him to the Carrie Furnace in Rankin and to a meeting on the history of the Bethlehem Steel plant in Sparrows Point.   He also talked me into visiting the Sloss Furnace in Birmingham.
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>>> So this is posted for Derrick to see .... but some of the rest of you might also  like it.
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>>> Some final pictures of the derelict American Locomotive Company plant in Schenectady, NY - now being demolished:
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>>> http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=85818
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>> Was bummed when I came across these last night. Would have liked to
>> have seen the place.
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>> Derrick
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