Jackson and Sharp Company

Jackson and Sharp Company was an American railroad car manufacturer and shipbuilder in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[1] American Car and Foundry (ACF) leased the Jackson and Sharp facilities for 10 years, beginning in 1901.

[4] In 1911 ACF purchased the plant and focused on manufacturing passenger cars for export, although shipbuilding continued as well.

The plant then focused on steel shipbuilding, and built small craft for the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Owing to a small number of orders, ACF stopped production in 1950, and sold the plant to a warehouse company in 1952.

Jackson & Sharp plant in Wilmington, Delaware in the 1870s
Detail of the bogie that was formerly fitted to NSWGR sleeping car No. AH1 which was built by Jackson & Sharp in 1877, now fitted to former sleeping car No. AH2.