Image from page 70 of "Bulletin - United States National Museum" (1877)
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Identifier: bulletinunitedst2101956unit Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidbulletinunitedst2101956unit">Bulletin - United States National Museum Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1877">1877 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1870">1870s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorUnited_States_National_Museum">United States National Museum https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorSmithsonian_Institution">Smithsonian Institution https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorUnited_States__Dept__of_the_Interior">United States. Dept. of the Interior Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectScience">Science Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherWashington___Smithsonian_Institution_Press___etc__">Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisher_for_sale_by_the_Supt__of_Docs___U_S__Govt_Print__Off_"> for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off. Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorSmithsonian_Libraries">Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorSmithsonian_Libraries">Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/bulletinunitedst2101956unit/bulletinunitedst2101956unit#page/n70/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/bulletinunitedst2101956unit" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidbulletinunitedst2101956unit">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/bulletinunitedst2101956unit/bulletinunitedst2101956unit#page/n70/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Figure 52. — Rocket at the Fair of the Iron Horse, October 7, 1927. Noteshortened smokestack. 62 A Conodion Relic Text Appearing After Image: Figure 53. — Photo of Samson, built in England in 1 838 by Hackworth, taken inNova Scotia by a New Glasgow photographer some time before 1 890. Observechairs provided for engineer. The third and last of the three complete British locomo-tives of the 1825-1849 period remaining in North Americais also the only extant locomotive of the period on this con-tinent located outside the United States.^ The Samson (figure 53) was built by Timothy Hackworthat New Shildon, Durham, England, in the summer of 1838, Railroads are known not to have existed in Mexico prior to 1850, and althoughlocomotives of the 1825-1849 period could possibly have found their way into thatcountry at some later date, none are to be found there today, according to advicefrom the Mexican National Railways (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico). CentralAmerica falls outside the scope of this work, as do the Islands of the Caribbean.However, a railroad was opened in Cuba in 1837, and another was started acrossthe Isthmus o Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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