Glover Steam Locomotives: The South's Last Steam Builder
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0911581405 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The only recorded history of this company is now available in a deluxe 10” x 10”, 128-page hardbound book from Heimburger House Publishing Company and written by Marietta resident Richard L. By 1930, the firm had expanded into other types of industrial products to fill the locomotive void, and left the locomotive business to others.This book proudly features many of the glass plate negatives that were retained by Glover in the plant archives where hundreds of original documents, catalogs and photographs were stored for many years. The Eastman Kodak Company helped supply materials in producing the Glover archive photographs.Lavishly illustrated with 230 pictures and many builder’s photos, this book contains eight chapters and a locomotive roster, a photo gallery illustrating the locomotives and a chapter entitled Puzzle Pages.The Glover Machine Works, now dissolved and the plant torn down, continues to evoke memories of small, distinctive steam engines that made their way mostly into the South’s stone and marble quarries and lumbering operations.. From the first engine that rolled out of the Glover shops in 1902 to the removal of the last steam locomotive from the plant in 1995, Glover Machine Works followed the rise and fall of the lumbering and mining industries of the South.Although Glover locomotive production never rivaled companies such as Alco or Baldwin, Glover provided as many as 200 sma
Richard L. Hillman
Excellent Photos of Unusual Locomotives I am a huge fan of small and quirky industrial railroad equipment-- honestly the smaller the better. As a live steam modeler, I am always looking for good reference material for possible projects. I read the description of this book and added it to my wish list without really knowing if it was going to be good. I knew that Glover created some of the smallest locomotives around for the U.S. Army. They we
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