The history of the first locomotives in America. From original ...

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HISTORY OF THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVES IN AMERICA.
being filled witli water ; tliroiigli tHs lower part twenty-
five copper tubes three inches in diameter extended
with both ends open, one presented to the furnace or
fire-box, and the other end opening into the chimney.
The fire-box, two feet wide and three feet high, attached
immediately behind the boiler, was also surrounded
with water. The cylinders, two in number, were placed
on each side of the boiler in an oblique position, the
one end being nearly even with the top of the boiler, and
the other end pointing toward the centre of the foremost
driving pair of wheels, with which the conaection was
made from the piston-rod by a pin to the outside of
the wheel.
Fig. 4.
THE EOCKET LOCOMOTIVE.
The Eocket with its load of water weighed only four
and one-quarter tons, and was supported upon four
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