Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation

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Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation was a major mid-20th-century American manufacturer formed through mergers that produced locomotives, construction equipment, and industrial machinery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf manufacturing company
ceasedSteamLocomotiveProductionInDecade 1950s
competitiveWith American Locomotive Company NERFINISHED
Electro-Motive Division NERFINISHED
General Electric NERFINISHED
country United States of America
enteredDieselLocomotiveMarketInDecade 1940s
eraOfMajorActivity post–World War II period
formedByMergerOf Baldwin Locomotive Works NERFINISHED
Lima-Hamilton Corporation NERFINISHED
Whitcomb Locomotive Company NERFINISHED
hasPredecessor Baldwin Locomotive Works NERFINISHED
Hamilton Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED
Lima Locomotive Works NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance one of the last major American steam locomotive builders
participant in the dieselization of American railroads
industry construction machinery manufacturing
industrial machinery manufacturing
railway equipment manufacturing
knownFor heavy construction equipment
transition from steam to diesel-electric locomotives
locationCountryOfOperations United States of America NERFINISHED
operatedInPeriod mid-20th century
product cranes
diesel-electric locomotives
industrial machinery
road construction equipment
shovels
steam locomotives
servedMarket North American railroads NERFINISHED
construction industry
industrial rail operations
mining industry
specializedIn earthmoving machinery
heavy engineering
rail traction equipment
typeOfCompany public company

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Baldwin Locomotive Works mergedInto Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Baldwin Locomotive Works parentOrganizationAfterMerger Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima Locomotive Works mergedInto Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
this entity surface form: Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima Locomotive Works successor Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation
this entity surface form: Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima Locomotive Works eventualSuccessor Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation