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

Herb Brannon hrbran at cavtel.net
Tue Dec 7 12:37:12 EST 2010


Most of the old buildings were still standing back in the mid-1990s. I don't
get over to the "Eastside" much, so I couldn't say if they are still there
or not.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:44, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> What's it used for.   Kuhlman of Ohio went out of business about 1932.
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> On Dec 7, 2010, at 1:06 AM, Dwight Long wrote:
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> > Fred
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> > I thought the Kuhlman plant was still there?
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> > Dwight
> >
> >  ----- 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
> >
> >
> >  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.
> >>>
> >>> So this is posted for Derrick to see .... but some of the rest of you
> might also  like it.
> >>>
> >>> Some final pictures of the derelict American Locomotive Company plant
> in Schenectady, NY - now being demolished:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=85818
> >>
> >> Was bummed when I came across these last night. Would have liked to
> >> have seen the place.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Derrick
> >>
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park





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