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

[Fred Schneider]

I cannot imagine too many people who would want to go to that side of town.


On Dec 7, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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?
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>>> 
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>>>> Derrick
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> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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