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 271
ind ever constructed, and wasopened in 1832. A portion of it within the city limits,that portion below Twenty-seventh Street in the city ofNew York, was always worked by horse-power. Noother road of the kind was completed till 1852, whenthe Sixth Avenue was opened to the public. This wasfollowed in… … and they have since been adopted and introduced inevery city of any size in the United States, and, indeed,throughout the civilized world. The saving effected by city passenger roads overthe cost of transportation of passengers in cities incoaches and omnibus is as great as that effected by…
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