The Mohawk & Hudson Railroad was the first railroad built in New York and one of the first railroads in the United States. It was so-named because it linked the Mohawk River at Schenectady with the Hudson River at Albany. It was conceived as a means of allowing Erie Canal passengers to quickly bypass the circuitous Cohoes Falls via steam powered trains. The DeWitt Clinton locomotive, built by the West Point Foundry in New York, made its first test run on July 2, 1831.

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DeWitt Clinton Locomotive, 1831

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