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Baldwin Locomotive Works 1831-1915 by John Brown Study in AMerican Industrial pr
THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS 1831-1915 John K Brown A study in American Industrial Practice.
328 pages. Indexed.
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket.
Copyright 1995.
Contents:
List of Tables and Chartsvii
Prefaceix
Acknowledgments xxi
Introductionxxv
1 Establishing the Baldwin Works, 1831-1866
2 The Locomotive Industry, 1860-1901z8
3 The Character of Innovation in Locomotive Design57
4 Management at Baldwin, 1850-190992
5 The Baldwin Workforce, 1860-1900 127
6 Building Locomotives, '850-1900163
7 Triumph and Eclipse, 1900-1915198
Conclusion: Baldwin, the Capital Equipment Sector, and the
Nineteenth-Century Economy234
APPENDIX A: Baldwin's Annual Output and Employment, 1832-1932 APPENDIX B: Data on Major American Locomotive Builders243
Abbreviations and Original Sources247
Notes251
Bibliography309
Index323
THE LARGEST MAKER OF HEAVY MACHINERY IN Gilded Age America and an important global exporter, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia achieved renown as one of the nation's most successful and important firms. Relying on skilled craftsmen in labor-intensive batch production, Baldwin made the heavy machinery that transformed the United States into the world's top industrial power in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
In The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915, John K. Brown combines economic, business, labor, and social history and the history of technology to write a dazzling account of this giant of nineteenth-century industry. Comprehensive and heavily illustrated, Brown's study analyzes the structure of railroad demand; the forces driving continual innovation in locomotive design; Baldwin's management systems, shop-floor skills, and career paths; and the evolution of production methods. Baldwin's sophisticated production-management controls prefigured the scientific management movement and allowed the firm to fulfill its customers' special design needs, thus cementing close relations with clients. The company became so adept at meeting varied specifications that in a single year, 1890, its 4,500 workers made 946 locomotives to 316 different designs.
Although historians long have focused on America's mass producers of bulk and consumer goods, Baldwin Locomotive Works breaks new ground by describing the unique challenges involved in building capital equipment. By exploring the growth and operations of the leading firm in this influential but unexamined sector, Brown's work offers valuable insights into the American industrial experience.
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