Image / Eastwick and Harrison's patent improved locomotive, manufactured at their works, Twelfth and …

Eastwick and Harrison's patent improved locomotive, manufactured at their works, Twelfth and Willow Street Rail Road, Philadelphia. (1842.)

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Eastwick and Harrison's patent improved locomotive, manufactured at their works, Twelfth and Willow Street Rail Road, Philadelphia. (1842.)
Creator: Hoessli, J. R., artist
P.S. Duval & Co., printer
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.), publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam locomotive with a titled cylinder, and the labels "Mercury" on the boiler and "No. 34 / Eastwick & Harrison Patent" on the cylinder.
Probable date based on item title. Plate published in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Third Series, Vol. V., 1843, and accompanied a "Letter from Charles Moering, Esq., Engineer, to Messrs. Eastwick & Harrison, Locomotive Builders ..." dated September 1, 1842, pages 15-19. "Journal Franklin Institute"--text, upper left margin. "Plate I. Vol. V. 3rd Series."--text, upper right margin. "Drawn on stone by J. R. Hoessli"--text, bottom left margin. "P.S. Duval's Lith. Phil."--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 36.51 x 52.71 cm (14 3/8 x 20 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001119
405259
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1547
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Locomotives--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Locomotives--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Eastwick and Harrison
Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Periodical illustrations. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Transportation
Large Size
Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.