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A Publication of the Pacific Coast Chapter; Railway Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. FouNDERS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MusEuM -- january I February 2005 THE SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR MusEUM Number 663 This fine glass plate photo of Cottoneva Lumbers Globe geared loco was taken by A. 0. Carpenter in 1897 at Rockport. Mendocino County, California. The negative is from the large collection glass plates housed at the Sun House in Ukiah, California. Robert Lee is printing the collection for the Sun House, and made this print for the collection of the Mendocino County Historical Society at the Held-Poage Library. The Globe Iron Works Incorporated San Francisco Locomotive Builders A two part article By Dave Spohr The Globe Iron Works Company company was working under license apparently did business in San Fran­ from john Dolbeer, or without his , . .,.._._. � cisco for just a short time. The com­ sanction. Dolbeer patented his log­ � ornE lRDJ WDiiS cmam. pany was incorporated in the City ging locomotives on Dec ember -�, .. �, on the 16th of December, 1882, with 25,1883, and the Globe locomotives, MACHlNERY OD IHDR CASTINGS a capitol stock of $200,000 for the if nothing else, were certainly dead expressfurpose of manufacturing all ringers for Dolbeers design. It seems kinds o machinery, with all kinds