Hyde, McFarlan & Burke (sometimes given as Hyde, McFarlane & Burke; Hyde, McFarland & Burke; and Hyde, McFarlin & Burke[1]) was a construction firm that operated in the early 20th century from offices at 90 West Street in New York City[2] and Madison, New Jersey.[3] The company did much work for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, including the construction of miles 60.8 to 65.8 of the landmark Lackawanna Cut-Off, which required the movement of millions of tons of fill material using techniques similar to those used on the Panama Canal.[4]

Founded as Hyde-McFarlan Co., the firm was renamed after the 1908 arrival of John Burke from Burke Brothers, another firm doing work on the Cut-Off.[5]

In 1921, the firm purchased a used 20-ton Industrial locomotive crane from the Hog Island shipyard south of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Steam Shovel and Dredge. International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge Men. 1917.
  2. ↑ "Machinery Markets and News of the Works". Iron Age. 107: 1151. 1921.
  3. ↑ "All Contractors on Lackawanna Track Elevation Project Use Only Yellow Strand". Yellow Strand. 33–36: 5. 1920.
  4. ↑ Lowenthal, Larry; William T. Greenberg Jr. (1987). The Lackawanna Railroad in Northwestern New Jersey. Tri-State Railway Historical Society, Inc. pp. 10–98, 101. ISBN 978-0-9607444-2-8.
  5. ↑ "Burke Brothers to Dissolve". Steam Shovel and Dredge. 12: 505. January 1908.
  6. ↑ "Machinery Markets and News of the Works". The Iron Age. 107: 1151. March 1921.
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