A history of the growth of the steam-engine . Fio. 60.—The Best Friend, 1830. coupling-rods. The engine weighed 4^ tons. The BestFriend, as it was called, did excellent work until June,1831, when the explosion of the boiler, in consequence of therecklessness of the fireman, unexpectedly closed its career. 212 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. A second engine (Fig. 61) was built for this road, at theWest Point Foundery, from plans furnished by HoratioAllen, and was received and set at work early in the spring. Fio. 61.—The West Point, 1831. of 1831. The engine, called the West Point, had a hori-zontal t
A history of the growth of the steam-engine . Fio. 60.—The Best Friend, 1830. coupling-rods. The engine weighed 4^ tons. The BestFriend, as it was called, did excellent work until June,1831, when the explosion of the boiler, in consequence of therecklessness of the fireman, unexpectedly closed its career. 212 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. A second engine (Fig. 61) was built for this road, at theWest Point Foundery, from plans furnished by HoratioAllen, and was received and set at work early in the spring. Fio. 61.—The West Point, 1831. of 1831. The engine, called the West Point, had a hori-zontal tubular boiler, but was in other respects very similarto the Best Friend. It is said to have done very goodwork. The Mohawk & Hudson Railroad ordered an engineat about this time, also, of the West Point Foundery, andthe trials, made in July and August, 1831, proved thorough-ly successful. This engine, the De Witt Clinton, was contracted forby John B. Jervis, and fitted up by Dayid Matthew. Ithad two steam-cylinders, each 5^ inches in diameter and 16inches stroke of piston. The connecting-rods were directly STEAM-LOCOMOTION ON BAILEOADS. 213 attached to a cranked axle, and turned four coupled wheels4^ feet in diameter. These wheels had cast-iron hubs andwrought-iron spokes and tires. The tubes were of copper,2^ inches in diameter and 6 feet long. The engine weighed3^ tons, and hauled 5 cars at the rate of 30 miles an hour. Another engine, the South Carolina (Fig. 62), -vi^asdesigned by Ho
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