Advertisement showing the freight engine designed with three large wheels behind a smaller one that is situated at the front end of the engine. Engine shown on a stretch of tracks. Richard Norris assumed operations of the Norris Locomotive Works from his father, William, circa 1841. During the 1850s, Norris Locomotive Works was the largest producer of locomotives in America., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 84, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Transportation [P.8970.22]
Shows the colorfully-painted steam locomotive adorned with the maker plate "Richard Norris & Son 1856" that was built for the railway to Sagua La Grande, Cuba. An engineer with mustache and wide-brimmed hat operates the train engine traveling tracks running through tropical scenery. Locomotive also contains a full-length portrait of a woman on the lantern attached to the smokestack. Richard Norris assumed operations of the Norris Locomotive Works from his father, William, circa 1841., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 195, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 N 861b, Brett operated from 6th & Minor streets in 1858.
Creator
Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6741 N 861b
