Rogers Locomotive Works

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American company defunct company locomotive manufacturer

Rogers Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that became part of the American Locomotive Company through consolidation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works	6
Rogers Locomotive Works canonical	4
Rogers Locomotive Works building	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T892212 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rogers Locomotive Works
Context triple: [American Locomotive Company, formedByMergerOf, Rogers Locomotive Works]

A. Brooks Locomotive Works
Brooks Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
B. Manchester Locomotive Works
Manchester Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
C. Schenectady Locomotive Works
Schenectady Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Schenectady, New York, that later became a key component of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
D. Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
E. Richmond Locomotive Works
Richmond Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Richmond, Virginia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rogers Locomotive Works
Target entity description: Rogers Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that became part of the American Locomotive Company through consolidation.

A. Brooks Locomotive Works
Brooks Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
B. Manchester Locomotive Works
Manchester Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
C. Schenectady Locomotive Works
Schenectady Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Schenectady, New York, that later became a key component of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
D. Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works was a prominent 19th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives that later became part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
E. Richmond Locomotive Works
Richmond Locomotive Works was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American manufacturer of steam locomotives based in Richmond, Virginia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company ⓘ defunct company ⓘ locomotive manufacturer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works ⓘ linked to: Rogers Locomotive Works
buildingUseAfterClosure	museum and historic preservation site ⓘ
category	Companies based in Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ Defunct locomotive manufacturers of the United States ⓘ Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1905 ⓘ Manufacturing companies established in 1832 ⓘ
competitiveWith	Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ Schenectady Locomotive Works ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dissolved	1905 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
fate	acquired by American Locomotive Company ⓘ
foundedBy	Thomas Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType	steam locomotive builder ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
heritageSite	Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works historic site in Paterson ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Industrial Revolution ⓘ linked to: Second Industrial Revolution
inception	1832 ⓘ
industry	railway locomotive manufacturing ⓘ
keyPerson	Jesse W. Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Ketchum ⓘ Thomas Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Passaic County, New Jersey ⓘ Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
majorClient	Chicago and North Western Railway ⓘ linked to: Chicago and North Western Railway Company Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
mergedInto	American Locomotive Company ⓘ
notableFor	building early American 4-4-0 steam locomotives ⓘ supplying locomotives to many U.S. railroads in the 19th century ⓘ
notableProduct	Pioneer (Chicago and North Western Railway locomotive) ⓘ linked to: Forney locomotive The General (Western and Atlantic Railroad locomotive) ⓘ Union Pacific No. 119 ⓘ
originalName	Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor ⓘ
partOf	American Locomotive Company ⓘ
predecessor	Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor ⓘ
product	steam locomotives ⓘ
regionServed	North America ⓘ
specializedIn	steam locomotive construction ⓘ
successor	American Locomotive Company Paterson works ⓘ linked to: American Locomotive Company

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