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The original DeWitt Clinton was a 0-4-0 locomotive which measured 12 feet 10 inches in length and weighed 6,758 pounds, while its 1893 replica was heavier at a weight of 9,420 pounds. [3] The locomotive had a design very similar to future locomotive designs with a horizontal boiler and a smokestack at the front. [1]
The DeWitt Clinton as it would have appeared on its inaugural run in 1831. The DeWitt Clinton locomotive, built by the West Point Foundry in New York, made its first test run on July 2, 1831. After some hesitation it was decided that the engine would burn wood rather than coal.
John Bloomfield Jervis (December 14, 1795 – January 12, 1885) was an American civil engineer.America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era (1820–60), Jervis designed and supervised the construction of five of America's earliest railroads, was chief engineer of three major canal projects, designed the famous, pioneering, DeWitt Clinton steam locomotive in 1831 while with the ...
DeWitt Clinton [a] (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist. ... The 1831 DeWitt Clinton locomotive was named in his honor.
The DeWitt Clinton as it would have appeared on its inaugural run in 1831. 1831 The DeWitt Clinton locomotive, built by the West Point Foundry in New York for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, made its first test run on July 2, 1831. 1830s–1860s: Enormous railway building booms in the United States.
Some believe the locomotive to be the first to attain a speed of 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) during a run from Plymouth to London Paddington in 1904. Flying Scotsman (1923), oldest operating steam locomotive. of the United States. DeWitt Clinton (1831), influential in demonstrating cost-effectiveness and speed of railways, defeating canals.
Feb. 14—PORT CLINTON — One of the largest operating steam locomotives on the East Coast will be hauling three special passenger excursions this summer, including trips to bring visitors up to ...
DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) E. East Broad Top Railroad Mikado locomotives; El Gobernador; ... Sandusky (locomotive) Santa Fe class 1158; Santa Fe Class 2900;