#2, an 0-4-0T (Tank) locomotive was built in 1923 by H. K. Porter in Pittsburgh, PA, for the Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co., in Chicago, IL. From 1927, it worked at the company’s plant in Cape Girardeau, MO.
The engine weighs 72,000 lbs and has 38” drivers and 14” x 20” cylinders. Operating at a boiler pressure of 160 psi, it delivered 14,000 lbs tractive effort.
The Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company was headquartered in Chicago, IL, with plants in many states throughout the Midwest during the 1900s. The Cape Girardeau Plant was built in 1909 as the Cape Girardeau Portland Cement Company and was acquired by Marquette in 1923. Clay was quarried by steam shovel at pits about two miles south of the plant and hauled to the plant by #2 and another 0-4-0T, which has also survived (you can see photos of it on the Hawkeye Portland Cement Company Locomotive page of this website).
#2 was donated to the City of Cape Girardeau in 1955 and is on display in Arena Park.
