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Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
Extent
1 photograph
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Administrative history
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants. The company was formed by the merger of seven locomotive manufacturers and Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New York. A subsidiary, American Locomotive Automobile Company, designed and manufactured automobiles under the Alco brand from 1905 to 1913. ALCO also produced nuclear reactors from 1954 to 1962.[2] After World War II, Alco closed all of its manufacturing plants except those in Schenectady and Montreal.
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Scope and content
American Locomotive Company (ALCO) builders photograph marked as SP&S 100 but this is not a locomotive owned by the Spokane, Portland & Seattle. From the ALCO Historic Photos Collection
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Conditions governing access
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Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
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Languages of the material
English
Scripts of the material
Latin
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Custodial history
Ownership of Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Company subjects resides in the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Historical Society.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Walter W. Ainsworth. Accrual W2013-44 received October 15, 2013.
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Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
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Archivist's note
Description prepared by R. Wilkens.
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Name access points
- Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway (Subject)