American Steel Foundries No. 8, Granite City Works (1985)
1948 Witcomb Locomotive Works, 65-ton, B-B switcher
National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood MO
Built with four traction motors. Diesel electric switcher with two 400 horsepower engines.
American Steel Foundries was created in 1902 by the merger of eight separate foundries, including the American Steel Foundry Co. of Granite City, Illinois (near St. Louis), and the business of George M. Sargent, then based in the Chicago suburb of Englewood.
The company's headquarters moved to Chicago in 1905. Over the next several decades, it operated large plants at East Chicago and Hammond, Indiana; the latter facility had about 2,600 workers during the 1930s.
During World War II, the company produced about a quarter of the cast armor made in the United States. In 1962, when its name became Amsted Industries, the privately held company bested $100 million in annual sales and ranked as the leading manufacturer of steel castings in the United States.
American Steel Foundries No. 8, Granite City Works (1985)
1948 Witcomb Locomotive Works, 65-ton, B-B switcher
National Museum of Transport, Kirkwood MO
Built with four traction motors. Diesel electric switcher with two 400 horsepower engines.
American Steel Foundries was created in 1902 by the merger of eight separate foundries, including the American Steel Foundry Co. of Granite City, Illinois (near St. Louis), and the business of George M. Sargent, then based in the Chicago suburb of Englewood.
The company's headquarters moved to Chicago in 1905. Over the next several decades, it operated large plants at East Chicago and Hammond, Indiana; the latter facility had about 2,600 workers during the 1930s.
During World War II, the company produced about a quarter of the cast armor made in the United States. In 1962, when its name became Amsted Industries, the privately held company bested $100 million in annual sales and ranked as the leading manufacturer of steel castings in the United States.