The Locomotive . The Baltimore & Ohios First Engine our present complex and prosperous civilization is based. Mechanicaltransportation — the industry by which commodities are moved swiftlyacross desert, mountain, and stream from producer to consumer —preceded and paved the way for industrial growth, made possible thedivision into metropolitan and rural areas and, by annihilating thebarriers of distance and time, exerted an almost incalculable influenceon every phase of modern existence. The Baltimore & Ohios Centenary Exhibition did not confine itselfmerely to presenting original locomotives o
The Locomotive . The Baltimore & Ohios First Engine our present complex and prosperous civilization is based. Mechanicaltransportation — the industry by which commodities are moved swiftlyacross desert, mountain, and stream from producer to consumer —preceded and paved the way for industrial growth, made possible thedivision into metropolitan and rural areas and, by annihilating thebarriers of distance and time, exerted an almost incalculable influenceon every phase of modern existence. The Baltimore & Ohios Centenary Exhibition did not confine itselfmerely to presenting original locomotives or accurate reproductions of THE LOCOMOTIVE January,. The York, Winner of $4,000 Prise early models along with their modern grandchildren. In a Hall ofTransportation and a Trafific Building were all sorts of devices con-tributing to railroad service, as well as visual exhibits of almost everyindustrial enterprise in which the railroad has had a part. Volumescould be devoted to their description and still warrant criticism be-cause of inadecjuacy. For obvious reasons this article must limititself to a very few of the most interesting high lights. Probably the most entertaining part of the exhibit was the paradeof the iron horses around an oval track, the grotesque little enginesof early vintage being followed in slow procession by the huge, power-ful space annihilators of the present day. Behind all this, however,is the story of how the B & O was formed and the factor that ledto the adoption of the steam locomotive for drawing trains. Recognized in Colonial days as an important sea port, Baltimoreprospered and grew until the constru
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