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Development Of Railroads In The United States, The By Barbara Mills 1957 General
The Development Of Railroads In The United States By Barbara Mills 1957 General English 8 paper 38 pages
The first American steam-propelled vehicle appeared in Philadelphia in 1804. It was named the Oructor Amphibolis, which was a crude combination carriage and boat built by Oliver Evans. This vehicle ran through the streets and on the Delaware River. But locomotives are usually thought of as engines which operate on rails and are designed to pull a number of cars. According to this, the first actual locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in 1803, and is known to have hauled a load of about nine tons. Another early locomotive was built by William Hedley in 1813 at Newcastle and was named the Puffing Billy. These were called "tramways" and were used for the private transport of coal and stone.' The first public railroad was chartered in 1815, though it was not actually built then. It was not until after 1825 that the possibility of steam was seriously considered.
Rails were being laid even though the first experiments with "locomotive engines" were still being carried on, and the kind of power to be used was still being discussed.
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