MarketDavenport Locomotive Works
Company Profile

Davenport Locomotive Works

The Davenport Locomotive Works, of Davenport, Iowa, USA, was formed as the W W Whitehead Company in 1901. In 1902, the company commenced building light locomotives. The Company was renamed the Davenport Locomotive Works in 1904.

Preservation
in August 1964 • Davenport #1597 Kiama an Locomotive of 1917 at the Illawarra Light Railway Museum • Davenport-Besler #2245 - a 30 ton gauge 0-4-0 Diesel switcher of 1937, D&RGW number 50, at the Colorado Railroad Museum • Davenport #2240 30 ton 0-6-0 Switcher, 1936, used on the US Construction Railroad during the construction of the Hoover Dam and kept at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City, Nevada • Davenport Locomotive Narrow Gauge (painted Wayne County Roads No 7) is on display at the John D. Dingell Transit Center in Dearborn, Michigan. • Davenport #5240 - a First world war trench engine in gauge. Restored to working order in Arroyo Grande, CA ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com