H.K. Porter, Inc. (Porter) manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the US, starting in 1866. The company became the largest producer of industrial...
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manufacturer of chemistry sets Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer H.K. Porter, Inc., a locomotive manufacturer Porter (name), an English surname...
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formed the Smith & Porter Machine works. They opened a small shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which grew to become H.K. Porter, Inc. Porter served as president...
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2-4-2 "Columbian" type steam locomotive. It was originally built by H.K. Porter, Inc. in 1946 as a saddle tank engine for the Central Illinois Public Service...
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Thomas the Tank Engine. The engine was built in March 1917 by the H.K. Porter, Inc. for Mesta Machine Works before being sold to the Brooklyn Eastern...
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applications use pressures of about 80 to 100 pounds per square inch (550 to 690 kPa). Hydraulics applications commonly use from 1,000 to 5,000 psi (6.9 to 34...
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First Boston Corporation General Reinsurance Corporation Gulf Oil H.K. Porter, Inc. Idlewild Park Koppers Ligonier Valley Railroad McClintic-Marshall...
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Edition." PV Publishing, Inc. Oklahoma City, OK Megyesy, Eugene F. (2008, 14th ed.) Pressure Vessel Handbook. PV Publishing, Inc.: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
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Manila Railroad 45 class (category H. K. Porter locomotives)
locomotive manufacturer H.K. Porter, Inc. between 1919 and 1921 for the Manila Railroad Company (MRR). The so-called Porters were the most successful...
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Lahaina, Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad (redirect from Railroads of Hawaii, Inc.)
Anaka: a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge 2-4-0 steam locomotive produced by H.K. Porter, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in February 1943 for the Carbon Limestone...
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the Gotthard Rail Tunnel 1872-1880. A compressed air locomotive by H.K. Porter, Inc., in use at the Homestake Mine, South Dakota, between 1928 and 1961...
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the H.K. Porter Company, is preserved in the Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio North American Rayon Company, 1936 H.K. Porter Company...
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List of companies named after people (section K)
Porter, Inc. – Henry Kirke Porter H&R Block – Henry W. Bloch and Richard Bloch Haas Automation – Gene Haas Haas Lola – Carl Haas Haas Outdoors, Inc....
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(2017). Vacation on Location, Midwest. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press Inc. p. n.p. ISBN 978-1-61373-725-5 – via Google Books. "Illinois Railway Museum:...
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stood 25 feet (7.6 m) high and had a top speed of 10 miles per hour (16 km/h). The Switchback Railway was designed as two identical tracks side-by-side –...
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H.K. Porter, Inc. 0-4-2 Tank Engine #681 1885 2013 1995 This locomotive is historically significant as it was one of only four standard gauge Porter 0-4-2T's...
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H. no. 22 and Judy K. no. 44 respectively. They are the two main engines for the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad. The third engine was built by H.K....
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Pennsylvania. Transportation Corps 0-6-0 tank S100 No. 5002. Built by H.K. Porter, Inc. It was stored in Boyertown from 2015 to 2016 before being sold to...
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property, when it was owned by Church on the Move, had The Christmas Train (a.k.a.: the Dry Gulch & Silver City Railroad), a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage...
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30-inch gauge. In 1909, a 25 horsepower (19 kW) 0-4-0ST steam locomotive was purchased from H.K. Porter, Inc. It was a B-S class locomotive, modified to...
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Magazine, Vol. IX, No. 125 (Oct. 10, 1903); pages 214-215. Includes photo. H.K. Porter Co., Advertisement, Engineering Magazine, Vol. XXVII, No. 6 (September...
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narrow gauge, steam engine-pulled train ride around park property. H.K. Porter, Inc. SpinCycle A Maxi Dance Party 360, Largest of its kind in the United...
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put into service. Diesel engine #1203 is a type DE75CT diesel built by H.K. Porter in January 1946, originally for U.S. Gypsum. It was acquired in March...
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locomotive. It is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge locomotive built by H.K. Porter, Inc. in 1914 for a railroad in Guatemala.[citation needed] The Como roundhouse...
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USATC S100 Class (category H. K. Porter locomotives)
USATC ordered 382 S100s from Davenport Locomotive Works of Iowa, H. K. Porter, Inc, of Pittsburgh and Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre. They were shipped...
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Retrieved July 27, 2013. Kibler, William (April 14, 2010). "Official: Working K-4 plans derailed". Altoona Mirror. Retrieved July 27, 2013. "RailPictures...
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Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal No. 15, built in March 1917 by the H.K. Porter Company. The locomotive was sold to the SRC by Keith Brigode from the...
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reliability. Engine #4, nicknamed the "George R.", was built by the H.K. Porter, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in March 1942 as construction number 7348...
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between 1945 and 1948. They were built by Baldwin (253+33), Alco (338), Porter (25+5), Davenport (67+6) and Vulcan (58+8) in the United States. The first...
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Wheel Arrangement Builder Serial Number Built Retired Notes 1 2-8-0 H.K. Porter, Inc. unknown 1915 1953 Bought new. Only locomotive purchased new by the...
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