William Swinburne (1805–1883) was an American businessman and locomotive builder who pioneered steam locomotive building in the United States.
By 1833 he had moved to Paterson, New Jersey, where, in 1837 he was employed by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor as a pattern maker.
He left Rogers in 1845 to form his own company, Swinburne, Smith and Company, in a partnership with Samuel Smith, a foreman moulder at Rogers.
[1] After leaving the locomotive manufacturing trade, Swinburne held a number of public offices in Paterson until his death in 1883.
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