The history of the first locomotives in America : from the original documents, and the testimony of living witnesses (1874)
Brown, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1883 · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 155
wind, wasalso tested upon the road in 1829-30. A descriptionof one of the trips upon this machine we copy from theCharleston Courier, March 20, 1830: Sailing on Land.—A sail was set on a car on our railroadyesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large concourse of spec-tators. Fifteen gentlemen… … Horse-power locomotive invented by C. E. Detmold, the succes?fulcompetitor for the prize of $500 offered by the South Carolina Railroad,as it appeared on this road in 1829-30. FIRST AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE. 139 for sailing were very hastily got up, and of course were not of thebest kind; but owing to…
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