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Description

Contains correspondence about the locomotive, its history and its transfer from place to place. Many letters are to and from W.J. Sweetser, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, and H.D. Watson, head of the mechanical engineering department. Other letters are from Louis Ibbotson, librarian at the university, John R. Lyman, chair of the mechanical engineering department in the 1970s, and university presidents Arthur Hauck and Howard Neville. The collection also contains information about the history of the locomotive, newspaper and journal articles, and photographs.

Publication Date

2015

Keywords

Business and Industry

Disciplines

History

Size of Collection

2 boxes

Dates of Collection

1937-1995

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 1461

Lion Locomotive Collection, 1937-1995

Included in

History Commons

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