A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 241
kept at work on that line of road for a periodof 20 years or more. This engine was of Stephensons Planet class, mounted on two driving-wheels 4-| feet indiameter each, and two separate wheels of the same size,uncoupled. The steam-cylinders were 9-J inches in diame-ter, 18 inches stroke of piston,… … Fia. 64.— Old Ironsides, 1883. On the trial, steam was raised in 20 minutes, and the maxi-mum speed noted was 28 miles an hour. The engine sub-sequently attained a speed of over 30 miles. In 1834, Mr. STEAM-LOCOMOTION ON EAILROADS. 217 Baldwin completed for Mr. E. L. Miller, of Charleston,…
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