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Identifier: bulletinunitedst2101956unit (find matches)
Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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locomotive, which are inside, have a10V2-inch bore and a 16-inch stroke. The wheelbase is 58inches and the weight was originally 8.4 tons. This wasraised during the 1862 rebuilding to 11.8 tons. The gauge isstandard—56V2 inches. The present smokestack is not orig-inal, and a headlight was not installed until recent years.The tank and cab added in 1862, as well as the bell, wereremoved at the time of the refurbishment. After its retirement in 1879, the Rocket stood neglected atReading until it was placed in condition for exhibition andpermanent preservation at the time of the Worlds Colum-bian Exposition in 1893. It was exhibited in 1904 at St.Louis, and then was housed for many years in the ReadingsColumbia Avenue station in Philadelphia. It appeared atthe Fair of the Iron Horse in 1927 (figure 52), after which itwas taken to the Reading Terminal in Philadelphia. In Oc-tober 1933 the Rocket was lent to The Franklin Institute inPhiladelphia, where it has since remained on exhibition.
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Figure 52. — Rocket at the Fair of the Iron Horse, October 7, 1927. Noteshortened smokestack. 62 A Conodion Relic

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