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brassmule 5 points ago +5 / -0

The Baldwin factory in Eddystone, PA, cranked out the Model of 1917s that helped the US "win" The War to End All Wars, and the firearm that Sargent York was issued and used.

Some additional reading material on this subject: https://www.remingtonsociety.org/the-story-of-eddystone/

Constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1915 and operational in 1916, the building housed the wood working department. It was here that rifle stocks were crafted for contracted British Pattern 14 rifles and, later, the U.S. Model 1917 rifles.

Baldwin erected the rifle factory under agreement they would assume control of the buildings after the war to expand their existing locomotive plant.

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NewVoatAccountName 2 points ago +2 / -0

I wasn't trying to knock the Baldwin factory, I was just saying that it is one of the few results for "locomotive factory in Pennsylvania", and it isn't exactly pumping out trains anymore.

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brassmule 2 points ago +2 / -0

I was just adding some additional context w/r/t the Baldwin Factory. It had a proud history in its day.

Here's a greatly informative link about the location: https://www.remingtonsociety.org/the-story-of-eddystone/

This location was one of the first to employee females in full time production roles

While this plant was in operation, 320 walnut trees were cut into gunstocks for shipment here each working day.

The highest average daily production at the Eddystone Arsenal was 5,000 rifles, and the highest maximum daily production was 7,201 rifles.

At the peak of production there were 15,097 employees with a payroll of $402,817 per week. In addition, there were 1,317 government inspectors assigned to the plant.

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NewVoatAccountName 2 points ago +2 / -0

For reference on your last point, the $402,817 weekly payroll would have been anywhere from $3,854,603 to $10,590,425, depending on whether that "peak of production" was closer to the plant's 1956 bankruptcy or the plant's 1825 opening respectively. Source

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brassmule 2 points ago +2 / -0

That would have been 1918, since production for Model of 1917s effectively ended in December, 1918, due to the end of the war. These stats are just for the workers employed at the plant to make rifles for the US military, and not related to the locomotive capacity at all (which was still happening).