PREDECESSORS WHICH FORMED THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE CO.

Works             Location               Years of              Locos
Approx. No.                              construction          built(1) 

Brooks Dunkirk, NY 1869-1931 4200 Cooke (2) Paterson, NJ 1882-1926 3000 Dickson Scranton, PA 1862-1909 1400 Manchester (3) Manchester, NH 1856-1913 1800 Montreal Montreal, Can. 1905- - ---- Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 1867-1919 2600 Rhode Island Providence, RI 1866-1907 3400 Richmond Richmond, VA 1886-1927 1000 Rogers Paterson, NJ 1837-1913 6300 Schenectady Schenectady, NY 1851-1968 6300 (4) (1) From "The Steam Locomotive in America" by Bruce (2) Originally Danforth-Cooke, started in 1852 (3) Originally Amoskeag Mfg.Co., started in 1849 (4) Prior to the merger in 1901

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