Early American steam locomotive of the type "Grasshopper" image is taken at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Forest Park, St. Louis, where the depicted locomotive was exhibited under the name Atlantic. The original locomotive "Atlantic" was constructed by Phineas Davis and Israel Gartner for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, B & O, 1932. However, the listed locomotive is not the original locomotive when it was scrapped in 1835, but is in fact the locomotive "Andrew Jackson" who was constructed 1836 by Ross Winans and George Gillingham. The locomotive was rebuilt to resemble the original lo
Early American steam locomotive of the type "Grasshopper" image is taken at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Forest Park, St. Louis, where the depicted locomotive was exhibited under the name Atlantic. The original locomotive "Atlantic" was constructed by Phineas Davis and Israel Gartner for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, B & O, 1932. However, the listed locomotive is not the original locomotive when it was scrapped in 1835, but is in fact the locomotive "Andrew Jackson" who was constructed 1836 by Ross Winans and George Gillingham. The locomotive was rebuilt to resemble the original locomotive and was given the name "Atlantic" in connection with the 1893 World Columbian Exposition and was later placed on Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904.
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