Bulletin - United States National Museum (1956) (14761724226)

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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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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must not be for-gotten, however, that in America John Stevens had usedsuccessfully a tubular boiler in his experimental locomotivein 1825. The Rocket was used on the Liverpool and ManchesterRailway until 1836, and from then until 1844 on the Midge-holme Railway near Carlisle. It was presented to the ScienceMuseum in 1862, where it is now an outstanding exhibit inthe railroad collection. J. G. H. Warrens history of Robert Stephenson & Co.,which contains detailed and well illustrated accounts of theRocket and of the Rainhill Trials, will interest those seekingfurther details on either subject. 6a/c/w/n Locomof/Ve O/cf Ironsides, I 832 The locomotive Old Ironsides is represented in the Mu-seums collection by a nonoperable model (figure 64) that,with its tender, is 3 feet long. The model (USNM 180114)was given to the Museum in 1889 by Burnham, Parry,Williams & Co., who were then proprietors of the BaldwinLocomotive Works. Figure 64.—Model of Baldwin Old \rons\des, 1 832. ^JL^/-
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The original Old Ironsides was the first full sized locomo-tive built by Matthias W. Baldwin, a jeweler turned ma-chinist, of Philadelphia. It was constructed for the Phila-delphia, Germantown, and Norristown Rail-Road Co.,which had been using horse cars in operating a short line ofonly 6 miles between Philadelphia and Germantown. The lines first locomotive. Old Ironsides, was initially oper-ated on the road on November 23, 1832, and was a successfrom the start, though a few understandable imperfectionswere noted during the trials and shortly corrected. The fairlynew locomotive John Bull of the Camden and Amboy RailRoad and Transportation Co. had been inspected byBaldwin before he undertook the project. Undoubtedly itfurnished helpful suggestions to the man whose locomotivebuilding enterprise was ultimately to eclipse anythingpossibly dreamed of by him. The locomotive, contracted for at $4,000 but for whichBaldwin was, after some difficulty, able to collect only $3,500,was somewhat si