Matthias W. Baldwin
(1795-1866)
American inventor, early abolitionist, and machinery manufacturer
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Matthias William Baldwin (December 10, 1795 – September 7, 1866) was an American inventor and machinery manufacturer, specializing in the production of steam locomotives. Baldwin's small machine shop, established in 1825, grew to become Baldwin Locomotive Works, one of the largest and most successful locomotive manufacturing firms in the United States. The most famous of the early locomotives was Old Ironsides, built by Matthias Baldwin in 1832. Baldwin was also a strong advocate of abolitionism.
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10 December 1795 Elizabethtown, New Jersey
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7 September 1866 (aged 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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