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Baldwin Locomotive Works vs R. & W. Hawthorn

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

R. & W. Hawthorn is the older of the two, founded in 1817 — 8 years before Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Founded
1825
1817
Status
Closed 1972
Closed 1880
Headquarters
Eddystone, United States
Newcastle upon Tyne
Industry
locomotive manufacturing
locomotive manufacturing
Legal form
joint-stock company
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Baldwin Locomotive Works and R. & W. Hawthorn.