Figure 9. — Probably the "Cincinnati" of the Cincinnati, 

 Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad, built by Harkness in 1851. 

 Scene is Glendale, Ohio, in the i86o's. {Photo courtesy Mrs. 

 Richard T. Keys.) 



In March 1851 Anthony Harkness, in company with Jacob Strader 

 and T. R. Scowden, Engineer of the City Water Works, left to visit 

 the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London.^'' During his 

 absence, William took charge and reported to his father in some 

 detail the daily happenings at the foundry. Miraculously, two of 

 these letters have survived. The originals are owned by Mrs. 

 Richard T. Keys of Glendale, Ohio, whose husband was a descendant 

 of Anthony Harkness. These letters, reproduced here in their 

 entirety, give us an intimate picture of the activity at that works in 

 the middle of the last century. 



^'^ Cincinnati Daily Gazette, March 21, 1851. The same paper noted his return on 

 June 18, 1851. 



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