A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 217
t in the chimney gave therequisite strength of draught. These engines were built forslow and heavy work, but were capable of making what wasthen thought the satisfactorily high speed of 16 miles perhour. The inclines on the road were worked by fixed engines.On the opening day, which was celebrated… … STEAM-LOCOMOTION ON RAILROADS. 193 trains, but the passenger-coaches were all drawn for sometime by horses, and the latter system was a rude forerunner,in most respects, of modern street-railway transportation.Mixed passenger and freight trains were next introduced,and, soon after, separate…
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