22-954: [REDACTED] Look up Brooks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brooks may refer to: Brook (small stream) Places [ edit ] Antarctica [ edit ] Cape Brooks Canada [ edit ] Brooks, Alberta United Kingdom [ edit ] Brooks, Cornwall Brooks, Powys , a location United States [ edit ] Brooks, Alabama Brooks, Arkansas Brooks, California Brooks, Georgia Brooks, Iowa Brooks, Kentucky Brooks, Maine Brooks Township, Michigan Brooks, Minnesota Brooks, Montana Brooks, Oregon Brooks, San Antonio , Texas Brooks City-Base , built on former United States Air Force base near San Antonio, Texas Brooks, Wisconsin Brooks Lake ,
44-683: A 1970s UK vocal group Comet Brooks (disambiguation) , various comets Brooks (mango) , a late-season mango cultivar originated in Miami, Florida An early, minor league name for the Brooklyn Dodgers , former Major League Baseball team, now the Los Angeles Dodgers Brooks (crater) , a crater on the southwestern part Mercury Brooks , a British slave ship See also [ edit ] Brock (disambiguation) Brooks Creek (disambiguation) Brooks's ,
66-485: A 1970s UK vocal group Comet Brooks (disambiguation) , various comets Brooks (mango) , a late-season mango cultivar originated in Miami, Florida An early, minor league name for the Brooklyn Dodgers , former Major League Baseball team, now the Los Angeles Dodgers Brooks (crater) , a crater on the southwestern part Mercury Brooks , a British slave ship See also [ edit ] Brock (disambiguation) Brooks Creek (disambiguation) Brooks's ,
88-801: A few years later at the National Railway Appliance Exhibition in Chicago , where they were judged the Best in Show. Brooks locomotives were also favorably received and awarded at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The 1890s brought another period of depressed sales following another financial crisis. The company produced 226 new locomotives in 1891, but only 90 new locomotives in 1894. The company briefly gained some positive publicity in 1895 when one of its locomotives held
110-462: A gentlemen's club in St James's Street, London Brooksville (disambiguation) Brook (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Brooks All pages with titles containing Brooks Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brooks . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
132-406: A gentlemen's club in St James's Street, London Brooksville (disambiguation) Brook (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Brooks All pages with titles containing Brooks Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brooks . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
154-731: A lake in Minnesota Brooks Glacier , Alaska Mount Brooks United States and Canada [ edit ] Brooks Range , mountain range in Alaska and Yukon People [ edit ] Brooks (given name) Brooks (surname) Brooks (DJ) , Dutch DJ, producer and musician Fictional characters [ edit ] Brooks Hatlen, in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption , played by James Whitmore Constance "Connie" Brooks (see Our Miss Brooks ), fictional English language teacher Dustin Brooks , in
176-548: A lake in Minnesota Brooks Glacier , Alaska Mount Brooks United States and Canada [ edit ] Brooks Range , mountain range in Alaska and Yukon People [ edit ] Brooks (given name) Brooks (surname) Brooks (DJ) , Dutch DJ, producer and musician Fictional characters [ edit ] Brooks Hatlen, in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption , played by James Whitmore Constance "Connie" Brooks (see Our Miss Brooks ), fictional English language teacher Dustin Brooks , in
198-605: The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1901. When the New York and Erie Railroad (NY&E) relocated its shops facilities from Dunkirk, New York , to Buffalo in 1869, Dunkirk lost its largest employer. Coming to the city's rescue was Horatio G. Brooks (1828–1887), the former chief engineer of the NY&;E who was at the controls of the first train into Dunkirk in 1851. In 1869, Brooks leased
220-478: The land speed record for rail vehicles ; a Brooks-built locomotive was driven at 92.3 mph (149 km/h) on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway on October 24, 1895. Brooks also gained positive publicity for building some exceptionally large locomotives at the end of the 19th century, including locomotives for both Great Northern Railway and Illinois Central Railroad that were hailed as being
242-554: The Dunkirk shops facility from the NY&E and formed the Brooks Locomotive Works. The new company officially opened on November 13, 1869. The company's first steam locomotive was completed the following month as part of an order for the NY&E, the company's first customer. Within a couple of years of its opening, Brooks was producing as many as seven new locomotives per month, compared to one per month while
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#1732773007808264-997: The TV series Power Rangers Ninja Storm Earl Brooks, the title character of Mr. Brooks , a film Blade (character) , also known as Eric Brooks in the Marvel Universe Blade (New Line Blade franchise character) , the New Line Cinema adaptation of Blade, portrayed by Wesley Snipes and Sticky Fingaz, from whom the Eric Brooks name originates Companies [ edit ] Brooks Automation , provider of automation, vacuum and instrumentation solutions Brooks Brothers , American men's clothier Brooks England , manufacturer of traditional English bicycle saddles Brooks Instrument , manufacturer of flow control and measurement equipment Brooks Locomotive Works , an early manufacturer of steam locomotives for
286-751: The TV series Power Rangers Ninja Storm Earl Brooks, the title character of Mr. Brooks , a film Blade (character) , also known as Eric Brooks in the Marvel Universe Blade (New Line Blade franchise character) , the New Line Cinema adaptation of Blade, portrayed by Wesley Snipes and Sticky Fingaz, from whom the Eric Brooks name originates Companies [ edit ] Brooks Automation , provider of automation, vacuum and instrumentation solutions Brooks Brothers , American men's clothier Brooks England , manufacturer of traditional English bicycle saddles Brooks Instrument , manufacturer of flow control and measurement equipment Brooks Locomotive Works , an early manufacturer of steam locomotives for
308-775: The US railroads Brooks Pharmacy , former pharmacy chain Brooks Sports , American athletic shoe manufacturer Education [ edit ] Brooks High School (disambiguation) Brooks College , a defunct for-profit college in California Brooks College of Health , a college of University of North Florida Brooks Institute , a for-profit college in California focusing on visual arts Brooks School , North Andover, Massachusetts, United States Other uses [ edit ] Brooks (band) ,
330-530: The US railroads Brooks Pharmacy , former pharmacy chain Brooks Sports , American athletic shoe manufacturer Education [ edit ] Brooks High School (disambiguation) Brooks College , a defunct for-profit college in California Brooks College of Health , a college of University of North Florida Brooks Institute , a for-profit college in California focusing on visual arts Brooks School , North Andover, Massachusetts, United States Other uses [ edit ] Brooks (band) ,
352-406: The facility was controlled by the NY&E. Brooks built locomotives for nearly all of the major railroads of the time, producing 37 new locomotives in its first year and 43 new locomotives in its second year of operations. After the financial crisis of 1873, orders for new equipment dropped off, but Brooks was able to recover enough business to avoid bankruptcy . Brooks locomotives were displayed
374-662: The first orders booked by ALCO, consisting of fifteen 2-8-0 locomotives for Mexican Central Railroad . ALCO produced locomotives at this facility until 1934 when the shop was renamed ALCO Thermal Products Division. Locomotives produced at the former Brooks plant after ALCO's formation came to be known as ALCO-Brooks locomotives. Although new locomotives were no longer being produced at the former Brooks shops in Dunkirk, shop forces were kept busy for some time building spare parts for ALCO locomotives. Production had shifted from locomotives to heat exchangers, high-pressure vessels and pipes of all sizes. After World War II , production at
396-824: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Brooks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brooks may refer to: Brook (small stream) Places [ edit ] Antarctica [ edit ] Cape Brooks Canada [ edit ] Brooks, Alberta United Kingdom [ edit ] Brooks, Cornwall Brooks, Powys , a location United States [ edit ] Brooks, Alabama Brooks, Arkansas Brooks, California Brooks, Georgia Brooks, Iowa Brooks, Kentucky Brooks, Maine Brooks Township, Michigan Brooks, Minnesota Brooks, Montana Brooks, Oregon Brooks, San Antonio , Texas Brooks City-Base , built on former United States Air Force base near San Antonio, Texas Brooks, Wisconsin Brooks Lake ,
418-634: The largest in the world. However Brooks was not able to recover business as easily as the previous downturn and, following brief participation in a widespread strike by machinists in May, the company was merged with several other manufacturers in 1901 to form the American Locomotive Company . The last Brooks locomotive, serial number 3883, built for the Lake Shore Railroad , was completed on June 22, 1901. Horatio Brooks died in April 1887; he
440-408: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brooks&oldid=1239687681 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brooks From Misplaced Pages,
462-533: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brooks&oldid=1239687681 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brooks Locomotive Works The Brooks Locomotive Works manufactured railroad steam locomotives and freight cars from 1869 through its merger into
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#1732773007808484-480: Was succeeded as president of the company by his son-in-law, Edward Nichols. Nichols died on January 7, 1892, and was succeeded by then vice president Marshall L. Hinman . Hinman resigned from the presidency in December 1896 to be succeeded by another of H.G. Brooks's sons-in-law, Frederick H. Stevens . Stevens led the company until the merger with Alco in 1901. Following the merger, the Brooks plant built one of
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