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 257
ntil theentire machine is completed in all its various parts andready for firing up in active service. An engine variesin weight from 40,000 to 80,000 pounds, and, if it be alarge one, with its tender will not weigh less than125,000 pounds. The weight of a single driving-wheelis 1,800 pounds, and… … make a comparison; but thirty years ago the buildingof locomotives had come to years of discretion, thoughfar from maturity. In 1842 the average cost of alocomotive was $6,500; in 1852, $7,500; in 1862,$8,500, and in 1872, about $11,500. An engine, withfair wear and tear, will last ten or eleven…
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