The History of the First Locomotives in America: From Original Documents, and the Testimony of Living Witnesses |
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Albany American locomotive arrived August axles Baldwin Baltimore and Ohio Best Friend boiler BROWN carriage Charleston chief engineer coal commenced completed constructed curves cylinders Darrell David Matthew DEAR SIR Delaware and Hudson diameter Dotterer drivers driving-wheel early Ellicott's Mills England English locomotive ERASTUS CORNING experiment feet four wheels George Stephenson Honesdale Horatio Allen horse horse-power Hudson Canal Hudson Railroad hundred improvement inches iron Jervis John Bull John Hampson Latrobe letter loco locomotive in America locomotive-engine locomotive-power machine miles an hour minutes Mohawk and Hudson occasion Ohio Railroad original picture passengers Peter Cooper Philadelphia present day rail Railroad Company railway road Robert Fulton Rocket Ross Winans Sans-pareil Schenectady sketch South Carolina Railroad speed steam Stephenson Stourbridge Lion successful thousand tion tive tons track train of cars trial trial-trip trip wagons weight West Point Foundery WILLIAM H Witt Clinton York