This wheel, or an identical one, was used in the very early 

 1890's by the New York Central and Hudson River Rail- 

 road Co. as a guide in their construction of the full sized 

 operable replica of the De Witt Clinton locomotive, tender, 

 and cars, first shown at the World's Columbian Exposition 

 at Chicago in 1893 (figure 25). The replica, constructed 

 from the original plans of 1831, was made at the railroad's 

 shops at West Albany, N. Y. During the past 60 years the 

 replica has undergone a number of repair operations, but it 

 remains authentic. It has been exhibited on many occasions 

 (figure 26). 



Since the 1893 unveiUng of the replica of the train at 

 Chicago, it has been displayed at the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition at St. Louis in 1904, the Fair of the Iron Horse 

 (figure 27), the Chicago World's Fair in 1933 and 1934, the 

 New York World's Fair in 1939 and 1940, the Chicago Rail- 

 road Fair in 1948 and 1949, and on many other occasions. 

 For years the train was exhibited on a balcony within New 

 York City's Grand Central Terminal, but since 1935 it has 

 been on loan from the New York Central System to the 

 Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn. 



