Locomotive Builder's Plate
date: label: date made
content: 1872
name: label: associated user
content: unknown
label: maker
content: Baldwin Locomotive Works
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This locomotive builder's plate is from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad locomotive # 11, named Reno. Made by Baldwin Locomotive Works, & M. Baird & Company in 1872. A builder's plate is a metal plaque with information about that particular locomotive such as builder's name, construction number or serial number and date built. Some authors compare them to birth certificates or identification badges.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Industrialization
label: Subject
content: Railroads
label: Subject
content: Locomotives
label: Subject
content: Train
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0844.016
label: accession number
content: 1986.0844
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0844.016
label: catalog number
content: 86.0844.016
label: accession number
content: 1986.0844
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Locomotive Builder's Plate
label: Object Type
content: locomotives
label: Object Type
content: railroads
label: Other Terms
content: Locomotive Builder's Plate; Rail
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/16 in x 10 1/16 in; .47625 cm x 25.55875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 36 in x 19 in; 58.42 cm x 91.44 cm x 48.26 cm