Baldwin, Matthias William
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▪ American manufacturer
born Dec. 10, 1795, Elizabethtown, N.J., U.S.
died Sept. 7, 1866, Philadelphia, Pa.
manufacturer whose significant improvements of the steam (
steam engine) locomotive included a steam-tight metal joint that permitted his engines to use steam at double the pressure of others.
Originally trained as a jeweler but experienced in industrial design and manufacture, Baldwin was approached in 1832 by the Philadelphia and Germantown Railroad, which needed a locomotive. The commission proved to be the start of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. During its founder's lifetime, the plant built more than 1,500 locomotives.
Among Baldwin's philanthropies was education for black children. His abolitionist sympathies led to a Southern boycott of his engines shortly before the American Civil War.
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