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 72
re-box, and the other end opening into the chimney.The fire-box, two feet wide and three feet high, attachedimmediately behind the boiler, was also surroundedwith water. The cylinders, two in number, were placedon each side of the boiler in an oblique position, theone end being nearly even with the… … THE SOCKET LOCOMOTrYE. The Eocket with its load of water weighed only fourand one-quarter tons, and was supported upon four COMPETITION FOR PRIZES. 65 wheels (not coupled). The tender was four-wheeled, andsimilar in shape to a wagon; the foremost part containedthe fuel, and the hinder part a…
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