United States Army Snow Plow No. SN-87

Coordinates: 34°13′47″N 91°59′7″W / 34.22972°N 91.98528°W / 34.22972; -91.98528
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United States Army Snow Plow #SN-87
ManufacturerO.F. Jordan
Constructed1953
United States Army Snow Plow #SN-87
Front end of the snow plow (dog added for scale)
United States Army Snow Plow No. SN-87 is located in Arkansas
United States Army Snow Plow No. SN-87
Location in Arkansas
United States Army Snow Plow No. SN-87 is located in the United States
United States Army Snow Plow No. SN-87
Location in United States
Location1700 Port Rd., Arkansas Railroad Museum, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates34°13′47″N 91°59′7″W / 34.22972°N 91.98528°W / 34.22972; -91.98528
Built1953 (1953)
NRHP reference No.06001273[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 2007

The United States Army Snow Plow No. SN-87 is a historic railroad snow plow, that is part of the collection of the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is a 74,000-lb. wedge plow, mounted on a pair of trucks, built in 1953 by the O.F. Jordan Company of East Chicago, Indiana, under contract to the United States Army. It was used by the Army until 1990, when it was donated to the museum.[2]

The plow was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for United States Army Snow Plow No. SN-87". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-20.