. The development of the American rail and track . he rail wassomewhat similar to the English bull-headed rail. Previous to the year 1842, when Congress passed the celebrated hightariff law, all imported iron rails were admitted to the country almostfree of duty. The tariff on manufactured iron, agreed upon by thatCongress, increased the cost of English rails so much that the railwayswere forced to seriously advocate the erection of American rolling millsfor the special purpose of making rails. DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 071 RAILS FIRST ROLLED IN AMERICA. •^-The first rail mil
. The development of the American rail and track . he rail wassomewhat similar to the English bull-headed rail. Previous to the year 1842, when Congress passed the celebrated hightariff law, all imported iron rails were admitted to the country almostfree of duty. The tariff on manufactured iron, agreed upon by thatCongress, increased the cost of English rails so much that the railwayswere forced to seriously advocate the erection of American rolling millsfor the special purpose of making rails. DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 071 RAILS FIRST ROLLED IN AMERICA. •^-The first rail mill erected in this country was located at Mount Sav-age, Allegheny County, Maryland! The first rail was rolled in tliesummer of 1844.) In honor of that event the Franklin Institute ofPhiladelphia awarded a medal to the proprietors in October, 1814. The rail was of the _Q_ form, similar to the Evans (British) patent,and the first few hundred tons manufactured were laid on the Balti-timore and Ohio Bail road, between Mount Savage and Cumberland. 1. -HR5T RA/LRDLLEO IN AMERICA- Tiff. Rait, Rolled in America, Baltimore and Oiito Railroad, 1844. (From a section of the original rail in the U. S. National Museum.) A section of this rail, which weighs 42 pounds to the yard, was pre-sented to the National Museum by the late Colonel James Randolph,for many years consulting engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Bail-road Company. Fig. 42 is drawn from the original, and is actual size. 672 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889THE STEVENS RAIL IN AMERICA. Fig. 43 shows the Stevens rail as used on the Philadelphia and Read-ing Kailroad in 1837
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