. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Figure 5. — Early drawing of America, built by Stephenson in England in 1 Figure 6. — Drawing of Stour-bridge Lion of 1 829 appearing inRenwicks Treatise on the SteamEngine, published in 1830(notice that crank rings are notshown). The track shown is not thetype upon which the locomotiveran at Honesdale, Pa. Later in July the two locomotives were sent up the Dela-ware and Hudson Canal from Eddyville, N. Y., to Hones-dale, Pa., where the Stourbridge Lion was subsequently triedout on the newly laid railroad tracks of the Canal tests on
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Figure 5. — Early drawing of America, built by Stephenson in England in 1 Figure 6. — Drawing of Stour-bridge Lion of 1 829 appearing inRenwicks Treatise on the SteamEngine, published in 1830(notice that crank rings are notshown). The track shown is not thetype upon which the locomotiveran at Honesdale, Pa. Later in July the two locomotives were sent up the Dela-ware and Hudson Canal from Eddyville, N. Y., to Hones-dale, Pa., where the Stourbridge Lion was subsequently triedout on the newly laid railroad tracks of the Canal tests on August 8, and again on September 9, withHoratio Allen at the controls, showed that although the per-formance of the locomotive was satisfactory, the track wasnot sufficiently stable to withstand the weight of the rela-tively large machine. As a result of this failure, horses andsteam- or water-powered stationary engines (see figure 7)constituted the motive power of this railroad until 1860. The Stourbridge Lion, nevertheless, had earned the distinc-tion of being the first locomotive to operate in America on arailro
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