What to see in America . and as the population increasedthe streets reached out over the level land with row afterrow of modest dwellings. Two- and three-story brick housesmake up the greater part of the city, and each is generallythe property of some successful citizen who is its the place gets its title of the City of Homes. Thename Quaker City is a reminder of the citys Quakers are still an important element in the population,for many of the oldest, wealthiest, and most esteemed familiesbelong to this sect. The place has always been one of theforemost manufacturingc
What to see in America . and as the population increasedthe streets reached out over the level land with row afterrow of modest dwellings. Two- and three-story brick housesmake up the greater part of the city, and each is generallythe property of some successful citizen who is its the place gets its title of the City of Homes. Thename Quaker City is a reminder of the citys Quakers are still an important element in the population,for many of the oldest, wealthiest, and most esteemed familiesbelong to this sect. The place has always been one of theforemost manufacturingcities of the United States,and is only surpassed byNew York and its important in-dustries is Cramp Shipyard, es-tablished on the Dela-ware in 1830, has world-wide fame. About the time thatthe use of steam as a mo-tive power for railwaysbecame recognized as asplendid possibility, Mat-thias Baldwin, a young ^Philadelphia silversmith — ^ and toolmaker, con- The Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia. 116 What to See in America structed a toy engine capable of dragging two carriages,each holding two peqple, around a track laid on the floorof a city museum. As a result, he was commissioned tobuild a locomotive for a railroad running up the SchuylkillValley twenty miles to Norristown. Thus Old Ironsides,parent of American locomotives, came into being. It wasput on the road in November, 1832, and the following noticewas inserted in the Daily Advertiser: The locomotiveengine will depart daily, when the weather is fair, with atrain of passenger cars. On rainy days horses will be at-tached. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, which MatthiasBaldwin founded, have become the largest establishment oftheir kind in the world. January 1, 1839, an all-rail line was opened from Camdento Jersey City by which the railroad company declared itwas possible to go from Philadelphia to New York in sixor seven hours with almost as much comfort as the travelercould have at his own firesi
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