A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 237
Fio. 60.—The Best Friend, 1830. coupling-rods. The engine weighed 4^ tons. The BestFriend, as it was called, did excellent work until June,1831, when the explosion of the boiler, in consequence of therecklessness of the fireman, unexpectedly closed its career. 212 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. A second… … Fio. 61.—The West Point, 1831. of 1831. The engine, called the West Point, had a hori-zontal tubular boiler, but was in other respects very similarto the Best Friend. It is said to have done very goodwork. The Mohawk & Hudson Railroad ordered an engineat about this time, also, of the West Point…
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