In the spring of 1893 the locomotive was rebuilt at the 

 McComb, Miss., shops of the Illinois Central and then was 

 taken under its own power from McComb to Chicago, a dis- 

 tance of 815 miles. There it was exhibited at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. It has since been seen in many 

 places, including the old Field Museum at Chicago, the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, the Semicentennial 

 of Wheeling, W. Va., held in June 1913, and the Chicago 

 World's Fair in 1933 and 1934. The tender usually seen with 

 the locomotive and marked "Natchez & Hamburg R. R." 

 is not the original one, but is of a considerably later period. 



The Mississippi is a wood burner, weighs 7 tons, has wheels 

 43 inches in diameter, and, according to Sinclair, has cylin- 

 ders with a bore and stroke of 9V2 and 16 inches. Its tractive 

 force is said to be 4,821 pounds. 



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