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 267
per car. The immense buildings of the con-cern are substantial two-story brick structures. Ifplaced end to end, these would reach a distance of overtwo miles. The railroad-tracks connecting the differentbuildings have turn-tables for handling the cars as theyprogress toward completion, and will… … CAR-WORKS. 235 The multifarious mechanical operations of the con-cern are particularly suggestive. Here are differentdepartments for cabinet-makers, wood-workers, mould-ers, blacksmiths, machinists, plumbers, silver-platers,upholsterers, painters, lantern-makers — ten distinctkinds of business, and…
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