Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for Matthew BAIRD

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BAIRD, MATTHEW, locomotive builder, was born in 1817, in Londonderry, Ireland. He became connected with the Baldwin Locomotive works as a partner in M. W. Baldwin & Co. He made noteworthy experiments in the economical burning of soft coal in railroad engines and adopted the deflector plate or brick arch, now in general use. He died May 19, 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa.

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