not listed in the i860 Cincinnati City Directory) and moved to 

 Hartford, Connecticut, where they each built large homes and 

 retired in very comfortable circumstances, only on rare occasions 

 taking an active part in local business. Jonathan lived until 

 March i, 1878, his brother James until August 8, i88i.^"i 



A fine example of Niles & Company locomotives survived as late 

 as 1942. This was the Sabine, built in 1857 for the New Orleans, 

 Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad, later part of the Southern 

 Pacific system. In 1897 the engine was sold to a sugar refinery in 

 New Iberia, Louisiana, for use as a switcher. After standing idle 

 for some years, the Sabine was repurchased in 1923 by the Southern 

 Pacific for display at Lafayette, Louisiana, where it quietly reposed 

 for 19 years as a monument not only to early railroading but also 

 to the long-silent Cincinnati locomotive shops. On October 5, 

 1942, the Sabine was junked in a public ceremony to promote 

 popular support of a local wartime scrap drive. 



I'l From obituaries of the brothers (copies suppUed by the Connecticut Historical 

 Society). These accounts make no mention of either brother's birthplace or 

 reason for retiring to Hartford. 



LOCOMOTIVE WORKS. 



NILES & CO., 



CONGHKSS STKliKT, ClNCINN.ATl, 



BIITLD 10 onlci- I.ocDniotivcs of any nquirod fize or 

 plHn.iiiiil ;\iv; j)ri;pan:U lo execute hII oriJeis in 

 tlieir line wiUi |)ronii]lness. 



Orilcrs soliciu'd Icr iron nnd Brass CaoUnps. Flue 

 and Cylirriler Boilers, Tyres, Tvrc I.aUie?', Planing .Ma- 

 chines, and other tools, Shallin^, &c &c. 

 feb. l:t l^'5o 6iti. 



Figure 54.^ — Advertisements of Niles 

 & Company appearing in railroad 

 journals during the i85o"s. 



NILES & (; o., 



tI!VCIIVIVATI, OHIO, 



MAN! KACTl'RE TO ORDKR 



Locomotive Engines & Tenders, 



Of any arrangement or weight required, .nnd which, for 

 Economy, Durability, and Kfficiency, arw olTered in com- 

 parison witli any work produced in the couiitrj-, 

 ALSO, GENKRAL 



MACHINE AND FOUNDRY WORK 



Cincinnati, Nov. 18, 1854. 



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