Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam locomotive, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, tender, a red flag on the pilot, and the label "Boston" on the boiler. Probable date based on date in image; fuller name of artist supplied by cataloger. "Boston Locomotive Works / 1858 / Holmes Hinkley President. / 666"--text, circular number plate above firebox in image. "28 tons cyl 16 in diam. 22 in. Stroke, / Driving Wheels 5 ft. 6 in diam. / Boiler 46 in. Grate 4 ft."--text, top center of image. "Drawn by R.C. Wright."--text, bottom left margin. "J.H. Bufford's Lith. 313 Washn. St. Boston"--text, bottom right margin. "Formerly Hinkley & Drury No. 380 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass." -- text, bottom center margin. "Holmes Hinkley, President."--text, bottom left margin. "O.W. Bayley, Principal of Mechanical Department."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 58.42 x 91.44 cm (23 x 36 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Locomotives--Design and construction--Pictorial works Locomotives--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Hinkley Locomotive Works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Railroad The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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