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  1. The Vauclain Compound Locomotive, manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania wins the Elliott Cresson Medal and Diploma of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania.

    Date(s): April 3, 1907 to October 1907 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tag(s): American Locomotive, Elliott Cresson Medal, Vauclain Compound, Samuel M. Vauclain, Franklin Institute 

    In October 1907, an article appeared in the Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of Mechanical Arts entitled “The Development of the American Locomotive.” The article describes details of the designs and patents for locomotives which were manufactured by, and vital to the success of, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The purpose...