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English: Illustration of the locomotive "Best Friend of Charleston," built at the West Point Foundry in 1830 for the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. This was the first American-built locomotive in regular continuous service. It operated from January to June 1831, when it was destroyed by a boiler explosion. |
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| Source | "The Growth of the Steam-Engine. Part III: The Non-Condensing Engine, and its Application in the Locomotive." The Popular Science Monthly, Vol. XII, January 1878. Fig. 34, p. 270. |
| Author | Robert Henry Thurston, author. |
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