Modern American locomotive engines; their design, construction and management. A practical work for practical men (1883)
Edwards, Emory, b. 1841 · Bridgeport, Conn., Frederick Keppy · leaf 101
calding of Mr, Darrell. In the Best Friend, wehad not only the first American locomotive in actualuse, but also the first locomotive boiler explosion onrecord. The third locomotive built in America was calledthe West Point, built in 1830, by the West Point Foundry of NewYork, from plansby Horatio… … Fig. 6 WEST POINT, [830. tubes were 2^ inches in diame er, and six feet long.The working of this engine in actual service wasvery satisfactory. Mr. Nicholas W. Darrell was ap-pointed engineer, and ran it from the time it was puton the road. As he had charge of the Best Friendalso, he was the first…
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