Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a drawing of "West Point," the first locomotive with a four-wheel truck and the second to be built in the United States. Two men stand on the engine platform as smoke bellows from the stack. Wood is piled neatly on the fuel car directly behind the engine. It was build at the West Point Foundry in New York and was placed in service March 5, 1831, on the Charleston and Hamburg, when it hauled four cars with 117 passengers a distance of 2.75 miles in 11 minutes.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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.
