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Contents 



Preface vii 



1 . Toward the Industrial Millennium 3 



2. Anthony Harkness and the Cincinnati Locomotive Works 9 



3. George Escol Sellers' Grade-Climbing Locomotive 47 



4. Niles & Company 91 



5. The Covington Locomotive Works 117 

 Appendix 



1. Two 1856 accounts of the Cincinnati Locomotive 



Works 125 



2. Excerpt from Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer 131 



3. Excerpt describing Whetstone's radial valve gear 135 



4. Two 1856 accounts of Niles & Company locomotives 137 



5. 1856 article comparing performances of passenger 



engines operated by the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and 



Dayton Railroad 145 



6. List of Locomotives Built in Cincinnati 1845-1868 147 

 Bibliography 161 

 Index 163 



