. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ding. John and Horatio Allen took the leadin this kind of solicitation and they gotothers to second their efltorts. PATERSON A GOOD LOCATION FOR LOCOMO-TIVE BUILDING. Paterson was regarded as an ideal^pot for manufacturing in those days,lor the place was located below the highfalls of the Passaic River, which providedexcellent water power and a fine rollingcountry spread out from beneath thefalls, suitable for the building of a was within easy distance of NewNork and was like
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ding. John and Horatio Allen took the leadin this kind of solicitation and they gotothers to second their efltorts. PATERSON A GOOD LOCATION FOR LOCOMO-TIVE BUILDING. Paterson was regarded as an ideal^pot for manufacturing in those days,lor the place was located below the highfalls of the Passaic River, which providedexcellent water power and a fine rollingcountry spread out from beneath thefalls, suitable for the building of a was within easy distance of NewNork and was likely to be well connect-ed with railroads. liOGERS BEGINS BUILDING LOCOMOTIVES. An announcement appeared in theAmerican Railroad Journal. December 24,1835, that Rogers, Ketchum & Gros-venor were prepared to receive ordersfor locomotive engines and tenders, lo-comotive wheels, axles, springs, mentioned that the works beingextensive and the number of hands em-ployed being large, they were enabledto execute orders with promptness anddispatch. THE SANDUSKY. Their first engine, the Sandusky,. ROGERS LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN 1S3T. which his skill, shrewdness and energyhelped to work up a very successfulbusiness. In 1832 he became the leadingspirit in a new machine-making firmwhich was called Rogers, Ketchum &Grosvenor. At that time railroad mileage was in-creasing very rapidly, and locomotives Fig. 45. was not, however, finished until1837. The engine had cylinders 11x16inches placed under the smoke boxtransmitting the power to the crankedaxle of a single pair of driving wheelswhich were placed in front of the firsbox after the Norris plan. The frontend was carried bv a four wheel truck RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING January, 1904. with four 30 in, wheels. Outside frameswere used, made of wood sheathed withiron. The ends of the driving axle pro-truded through the pedestal and carriedthe eccentrics and straps, which had rods inside cylinders under the smoke boxthrough a crank axl
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