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The "best friend," the first locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a railroad

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The "best friend," the first locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a railroad

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Illustration showing people on first excursion trip of the South Carolina Railroad, 15th January 1831; it was built at the West Point Foundery Shops in New York City.
Illus. in: The history of the first locomotives in America / William Henry Brown. New York : D. Appleton and company, 1874, between pp. 146-147.

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