contemporary local newspapers consulted. This lack of contem- 

 porary evidence persuades me to suggest that the Bull of the Woods 

 was a total failure and was rebuilt into the Cincinnati. That is, the 

 seeming" contradictions present in the foregoing accounts are resolved 

 if we assume that a 13-ton, 8-wheel passenger engine, the Bull of the 

 Ji'oods, was built between late 1845 and August 1846 (the 9-month 

 period stated by Price) ; proving a failure, it was rebuilt into a i 7- 

 ton, 8-wheel engine for freight service and renamed the Cincinnati. 



While the true history of the Bull of the Woods will undoubtedly 

 remain an enigma, a fine account of the Cincinnati was given in the 

 Cincinnati Daily Commercial for Noveinber 16, 1846. 



The new locomotive built by Mr. Anthony Harkness, of this city, for 

 the Little-Miami Railroad Company was put upon the track on Saturday 

 [Nov. 14J, completely finished. It is the most beautiful piece of mecha- 

 nism we have ever seen, and we doubt not but that it will come practically 

 up to its appearance. The several eastern built locomotives, now on the 

 line do not compare with this, Cincinnati's first effort, either as regards 

 extreme beauty of finish or strength of machinery and we look upon it as 

 an achievement which not only our mechanics of the East, but those 

 across the water may well envy. It was built under the supervision of 

 Mr. Latta, a most ingenious and accomplished workman, many speci- 

 mens of whose skill now adorn the extensive works of Mr. Harkness. 

 This locomotive is called the "Cincinnati", and is the largest on the line — 

 possessing power sufficient to propel thirty or forty cars. 



Its weight is about seventeen tons — cost, $7,000. Mr. Latta has made 

 some alterations from the old plans in the machinery of this locomotive, 

 the utility of which is yet to be tested. Among them, we may mention 

 that the steam pipe is placed outside, instead of inside the boiler. There 

 are other alterations which, when thoroughly tested, we may notice here- 

 after. 



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The "Cincinnati" and its accompanying tank, was taken to the road 

 from the foundry by a temporary track, made of strong timbers, laid in 

 the street. The machines were driven along by steam power and as they 

 passed over the different segments, those left behind were taken up and 

 put in front, and so on it was continued until it reached its destination. 

 When the "Iron Horse" felt his hoof upon the track which it was his 

 destiny to tread, he gave a neigh which was triumphantly answered by 

 the foundry boys crowded on his back. 

 Elsewhere in the same edition of the paper it was said of the 



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