John G. Richardson had been a foreman at the Harkness foundry 

 from about the time the first locomotives were built there. Edwin 

 Price mentions completing his apprenticeship under Richardson 

 after Mr. Van Loon's death. 5^ Practically no further information 

 on Richardson can be found, other than that he was a resident of 

 Newport. The U.S. Census records for 1850 state that he was 35 

 years old and born in Ohio. The i860 records give his age as 

 45 and his place of birth as Bermuda. 



The Cincinnati Locomotive Works was formed in 1853 by Moore 

 and Richardson. The new firm took over the Harkness plant and 

 was commonly known as Moore & Richardson. ^^ William Harkness 

 apparently dropped out of the partnership at about this time. 

 Several months later the Cincinnati Enquirer of November 23, 1853, 

 reported: "Lamentable Suicide — Some surprise was excited in the 

 city yesterday by the announcement that Wm. Harkness, son of 

 Anthony Harkness, Esc^., had committed suicide on Monday night 

 [Nov. 21]. He was found dead in his room at his father's Glendale 

 home; the death attributed to morphine." 



Locomotives for southern roads were regularly shipped on the 

 river, much as eastern engines were moved via the Great Lakes, 

 since there was no complete rail connection. It was a common 

 sight in the 1850's to see handsome little engines fresh from the 

 erecting shop, their polished brass, vermilion wheels, and bright 

 Russia-iron jackets gleaming in the sun as they moved over tempo- 

 rary tracks to the public landing and an awaiting steamer. The 

 Cincinnati Gazette of June 12, 1852, vividly described the scene: 



Look out for the locomotive when the bell rings; ought to be placarded 

 on the public landing, for we certainly saw a locomotive steaming at a 

 good rate from Broadway to Main yesterday morning. A temporary 

 wooden track had been laid down and a new sixteen ton locomotive, 



^'^ Edwin Price reminiscences. 



^^ Some confusion exists as to the precise date of the lease of the Harkness foundry 

 by Moore & Richardson. Moore states in his autobiography that he leased the 

 plant in 1852 (pp. 40, 49). The annual reports of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and 

 Dayton Railroad refer to Harkness, Moore & Company as late as June 1853, and 

 the Little Miami Railroad reports first refer to Moore & Richardson in May 1853. 

 It is therefore assumed that William Harkness retired from the firm in the spring 

 of 1853 and that Moore brought Richardson in as a partner. 



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