File:PSM V12 D284 The best friend 1830.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionPSM V12 D284 The best friend 1830.jpg |
English: Illustration of the locomotive "Best Friend of Charleston," built at the West Point Foundry in 1830 for the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. This was the first American-built locomotive in regular continuous service. It operated from January to June 1831, when it was destroyed by a boiler explosion. |
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Source | "The Growth of the Steam-Engine. Part III: The Non-Condensing Engine, and its Application in the Locomotive." The Popular Science Monthly, Vol. XII, January 1878. Fig. 34, p. 270. |
Author | Robert Henry Thurston, author. |
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