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 102
1830. FIRST AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE. 97 Mr. Allen and Mr. Cooper having run engines onlyon experimental trips. The fourth American-built locomotive was the DeWitt Clinton, built also by the West Point Foundry, … DE WITT CLINTCN, for the Mohawk and Hudson River Railroad, NewYork, in 1831, shortly after the Best Friend and West Point were completed and shipped to Charles-ton. This engine had two cylinders 5^ inches in di-ameter, and 16 inches stroke; four wheels, all drivers,which were 4 feet 6 inches in…
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