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The locomotive manufacturing operations began within a new machine shop built for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. The shop opened in 1848, and the first locomotive was built there in 1849. In 1856 the shop built 60 locomotives.
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until 1876. A steam-driven self-propelled appliance was made by Amoskeag was used to fight the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Amoskeag fire engines served as the initial fleet for the
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were principals. Amoskeag Manufacturing sold the fire engine business to the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1876.
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at the dawn of the railroad era in the United States. The locomotive works operated as a division of the
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Besides building locomotives for railroad use, Amoskeag also built steam
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The Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. of Manchester, New Hampshire: A History
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This United States train or rolling stock-related article is a
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In 1859 Amoskeag Manufacturing sold the locomotive business to
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Defunct locomotive manufacturers of the United States
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Steam locomotive builder of Manchester, New Hampshire
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1871 Amoskeag horse-drawn, steam-powered fire engine
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