New York & Erie railroad. The great double track, and only broad gauge railroad running west. Through tickets at reduced rates! ... Boston. Farwells & Forrest, Steam Job printers [1856].
Summary
Transportation.; Handwritten on verso: 1854.
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Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 62, Folder 18.
Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
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Date
01/01/1856
Contributors
New York & Erie railroad.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain