Shows the 4-2-0 steam locomotive "Lafayette" built in 1837 by the company started by William Norris and Col. Stephen H. Long in 1836. An engineer operates the locomotive. The locomotive, built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was the first 4-2-0 to contain a leading truck and became the model for steam engines. The premier steam locomotive manufactory of the 1830s-1860, the internationally recognized company produced several innovative designs, including the first locomotive to ascend a hill on its own power, a leading truck, and the first ten-wheel locomotive., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 277, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Albert Newsam Collection, V-100, Box 3, Folder 135
Creator
Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, artist
Date
[ca. 1837]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Albert Newsam Collection, V-100, Box 3, Folder 135
Shows the steam locomotive "Philadelphia" built by the company started by William Norris and Col. Stephen H. Long in 1836. Locomotive contains a nameplate. Also includes a scale printed below the image. Locomotive commissioned by the Vienna & Raab Rail Road Company in Austria. The premier steam locomotive manufactory of the 1830s-1860, the internationally recognized company produced several innovative designs, including the first locomotive to ascend a hill on its own power, a leading truck, and the first ten-wheel locomotive., Not in Wainwright., Published in Locomotive steam engine of William Norris, Philadelphia. [HSP Wf*.9999 v. 2], Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 276, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 N 861a, Manscript note on verso: Removed from pamphlet on William Norris Locomotive Engineer Wf* 999 no. 1.
Date
[1841?]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6741 N 861a
Shows the steam locomotive "Washington" built by the company started by William Norris and Col. Stephen H. Long in 1836. Locomotive contains a nameplate. Also includes a scale printed below the image. In July 1836, the "George Washington" hauled a load of 19,200 pounds at 15 miles per hour up the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad's inclined Belmont Plane. It was the first locomotive to ascend a hill on its own power. In 1837, the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railway assumed ownership of the machine. Norris & Company, the internationally recognized premier steam locomotive manufactory of the 1830s-1860, produced several innovative designs, including the "Washington," a leading truck; and the first ten-wheel locomotive., Not in Wainwright., Published in Locomotive steam engine of William Norris, Philadelphia. [HSP Wf*.9999 v. 2], Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 139, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 6741 N 861, Manscript note on verso: Removed from pamphlet on William Norris Locomotive Engineer Wf* 999 no. 1.
Date
[1841?]
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 6741 N 861
