. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 74 BULLETIN 119, U. S. Is^ATIONAL MUSEUM. Jervis, president of the company, who commissioned Horatio Allen, a prominent practical engineer, to arrange the details for this work. In February, 1829, the " Stourbridge Lion " was sent by canal to Liverpool and consigned to William and James Brown, who were bankers for the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., and on April 8, 1829, it was shipped from Liverpool on the John Jay for New York. The boat arrived in New York on May 14, and the parts of the loco- motive were taken to the yard of th
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 74 BULLETIN 119, U. S. Is^ATIONAL MUSEUM. Jervis, president of the company, who commissioned Horatio Allen, a prominent practical engineer, to arrange the details for this work. In February, 1829, the " Stourbridge Lion " was sent by canal to Liverpool and consigned to William and James Brown, who were bankers for the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., and on April 8, 1829, it was shipped from Liverpool on the John Jay for New York. The boat arrived in New York on May 14, and the parts of the loco- motive were taken to the yard of the West Point Foundry Co., of which W. Kimball was the manager. This foundry was at the foot. FIG. 32. REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL " STOURBRIDGE LION " LOCOMOTIVE. of Beach Street, North River, New York City. The locomotive was put together by David Matthew under the supervision of Horatio Allen, and was blocked up with wheels clear of the ground and run as an interesting exhibition to people who called to see it. It was later shipped up the Hudson River to Rondout, New York, and forwarded thence by the Delaware & Hudson Canal to Honesdale, Pennsyl- vania, arriving at that place on July 23. It was there elevated from the canal to the railroad track, which is said to have run on a trestle some distance from the canal. On August 8, 1829, the trial trip was made, and the locomotive, manned by Horatio Allen alone, ran out on the track a distance of about 1 mile to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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