Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 286
ing lessthan a ton, convinced the directors of the futility of clinging longer tothe horse of flesh and blood. They advertised a competitive test toproduce the best type of locomotive for their road and five enginebuilders responded. The York, produced by Phineas Davis of York,Pa., won the judges… … The ^-ItUuitic and hnlay Coaches horizontal boiler engines. In the meanwhile trackage had been creepingwestward until on November 5, 1842, the line reached Cumberland.Then followed a period of discouragement and delay, but at last thetrail of iron reached its objective, the eastern bank of the Ohio…
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