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Willard W. Fairbanks was a machinist who had worked in Providence, Rhode Island building stationary and marine engines. The company's first engine was built from castings and plans prepared by George S. Griggs, who had been associated with the Boston & Providence Railroad, one of the earliest railroads in New England, which began operation in 1849.
He studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh, [3] and emigrated to America in 1819. [4] Burden started at the Townsend & Corning Foundry, manufacturers of cast iron plows and other agricultural implements, located in Albany. The next year, he invented an improved plow, and a cultivator, which was said to have been the first to be put ...
The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County , bordering New York City .
The first locomotive to carry the Hudson Hunslet plate was in March 1937. The locomotive frame was a one piece casting and the power was delivered by a chain drive and friction clutch from a 20 hp (15 kW) Ailsa Craig CF2 diesel engine. Subsequently 25 hp (19 kW), 30 hp (22 kW), 40 hp (30 kW) and 50 hp (37 kW) versions were built.
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The main laboratory building of the IBM Watson Research Center is located in Yorktown Heights, New York.. Tech Valley began as a marketing name for the eastern part of the U.S. state of New York, encompassing the Capital District and the Hudson Valley. [1]
More than 14,000 mid-Hudson Valley homes, businesses remain without power Friday afternoon. Gannett. Mike Randall, Middletown Times Herald- Record. November 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM.
Hudswell Clarke builder's plate from 0-6-0 T Nunlow. The company was founded as Hudswell and Clarke in 1860. In 1870 the name was changed to Hudswell, Clarke and Rodgers.There was another change in 1881 to Hudswell, Clarke and Company.