Vulcan Iron Works (Wilkes-Barre)

Vulcan Iron Works
Founded1849; 175 years ago (1849) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Defunct1954 (1954)
FateAcquired
SuccessorGeneral Industrial Locomotive Corp
Headquarters
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
This article is about the Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre. For other companies with the same name, see Vulcan Iron Works.
A Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Vulcan Iron Works builder's plate from 1941.
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Vulcan Iron Works produced both steam and diesel locomotives in 1944

The Vulcan Iron Works, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, manufactured railroad locomotives such as those shown in the illustration.[1] The company was established in 1849 by Richard Jones. It built locomotives such as the preserved Berlin Mills Railway 7 (1911), and by 1944 was constructing both steam and diesel locomotives, as illustrated (right).[1] The company ceased operation in 1954, and its assets were acquired by General Industrial Locomotive Corp.

  1. ^ a b "Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Vulcan Iron Works Advertisement". Railway Age Magazine. 5 February 1944. Retrieved January 28, 2006.