Founded in 1846, the firm built some one hundred steam locomotives for railroads throughout the United States.
[citation needed] From 1849 to 1851, it was operated by John Souther as Globe Works.
Pickering) ceased producing locomotives and instead focused on the manufacture of steam shovels.
The Elephant, a wood-burning type 4-4-0 built by the company in 1849 for the Union Pacific Railroad, had the distinction of being the first locomotive to travel west of the Rocky Mountains.
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