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been very materially strengthened by the addition of several valuable 

 models, among them being : 



Trevithick's locomotive, 1804 (model). This was the first steam loco- 

 motive to help man, and was designed and constructed by Richard Trevi- 

 thick. It ran for several months in 1804 between Panydarren Works 

 and the Glamorgan Canal, near Aberdare Junction, Wales, hauling cars 

 laden with coal and pig iron. 



John Stevens's experimental locomotive, 1825 (model.) The first 

 locomotive built in America- of which there is a reliable record. The 

 original locomotive built by John Stevens had a multi-tubular boiler,* 

 and was experimented with on a circular track at Hoboken, New 

 Jersey, during the years 1825, 1826, 1827, and 1828. This model was 

 constructed in the National Museum workshops, from information fur- 

 nished by Mr. Francis B. Stevens (a grandson of John Stevens), a dis- 

 tinguished mechanical engineer of Hoboken, New Jersey, who rode 

 upon the locomotive when he was a boy, and who was thoroughly 

 familiar with its construction. 



Locomotive Best Friend, 1830 (model). The first locomotive con- 

 structed in America for actual service on a railroad. Built at West 

 Point Foundry, New York, for the South Carolina Railroad. Made 

 trial trip January 15, 1831. This model is constructed from the original 

 drawings in possession of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 



Locomotive John Bull. Camden and Amboy Railroad. India ink 

 drawing (on mat 30 by 40) from tracings of the original working draw- 

 ings which accompanied the locomotive from Stephenson's Works, New 

 Castle-ou-Tyne, showing how the locomotive appeared when set up at 

 Bordentown, New Jersey, August, 1831. The tender built at Borden- 

 town shortly afterward, was improvised from a small four-wheel con- 

 struction car, a whisky hogshead being used for a water-tank. The 

 conuecting-rods showu were never used, owing to sharp curves in the 

 road. 



Locomotive Sandusky (model). Driving wheels, 4 feet G inches; 

 cylinders, 11 by 16 inches. The first locomotive in the State of Ohio, 

 1837. This, the first locomotive built by Rogers & Co. (then Rogers, 

 Ketchum & Grosvenor), at Paterson, New Jersey, was originally built 

 for the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, but, not 

 being accepted by them, was purchased by J. H. James, of Urbana, 

 Ohio, president of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad. It was 

 shipped by canal October 14, 1837, and when it arrived iu Sandusky, 

 November 17, 1837, not a foot of railroad had been laid in the State. 

 The gauge of the wheels of Sandusky, 4 feet 10 inches, thus became the 

 established gauge in the State of Ohio. This model was also con- 

 structed in the Museum workshops. 



* The original multi-tubular locomotive boiler, constructed by John Stevens in 1825, 

 for this experimental locomotive, was deposited in the U. S. National Museum by the 

 authorities of the Stevens' Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey, iu the last fiscal year, 

 and is referred to iu my auunal report for 1887-'38. 



