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Figure 13. — The "Reuben R. Springer," Built in 1854 for the Little 

 Miami Railroad. (Photo courtesy E. P. Alexander.) 



of other builders for the period 1850 to 1855. Norris was the largest 

 works of the period, boasting a production of 150 locomotives per 

 year. Rogers averaged about 70 per year and Baldwin about 50. 

 The Portland and the Taunton works, both well-known concerns, 

 averaged 12 and 28 respectively for the years noted. For an obscure 

 midwestern firm little known outside Ohio, the Cincinnati Loco- 

 motive Works compares rather well, as it averaged about 16 engines 

 a year between 1850 and 1855. 



So far this discussion has been concerned with the vagaries of 

 partnerships and other details of business history, all of which remain 

 somewhat obscure as a result of the ambiguous and fragmentary 

 evidence presently available. The following remarks concerning 

 the mechanical features of the locomotives built by the Cincinnati 

 Locomotive Works (hereinafter referred to as Moore & Richard- 

 son) are thankfully less ambiguous since several good accounts of 

 the machines have been uncovered. 



The majority of the engines built in this country during the 19th 

 century were the 8-wheel engines known as American types because 

 they were the workhorses of U.S. railroads and were truly the 

 standard and most commonplace type of motive power to be found. 



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