I don’t know about your students, but mine love seeing the “other” versions of modern day technology. I just came across these early locomotives from the 1830s in the archive and thought they would be fun to share!
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“The Flying Dutchman,” a Horse Power Locomotive, 1830. The horse walked on a treadmill! They were not kidding when they said horse powered.
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The “Tom Thumb,” the first steam locomotive in America, reconstruction, built by Peter Cooper. Its first successful trip was made in 1830, from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills, Maryland.
- “The Dewitt Clinton,” the early locomotive and coaches that initiated the New York Central System, 1831.
- The “Daedalus” locomotive pulling a freight car, passenger carriage, and private carriage, 1832.
For more railroad images visit the Marchand Archive “Railroads” category.