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6-2-0 Crampton locomotive, presumably of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, built in 1849, the first Crampton locomotive to be built in the USA.

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English: 6-2-0 Crampton locomotive, presumably of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, built in 1849, the first Crampton locomotive to be built in the USA.

Original caption as supplied with the image was “1849. First ‘Crampton’ built in America.”
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Anonymous: “GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. Twelve Charts. Chart No. 4.” Illustration in Locomotive Engineering: A Practical Journal of Railway Motive Power and Rolling Stock, vol. X, no. 4, April 1897, New York, page 287.
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Text Appearing Before Image:
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING.   287
Text Appearing After Image:
GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. Twelve Charts. Chart No. 4.
1849. First “Crampton” built in America.
[...]

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Date before 1897
date QS:P,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Cropped version of File:Locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock (1897) (14574596799).jpg
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https://archive.org/stream/locomotiveengine10hill/locomotiveengine10hill#page/n292/mode/1up
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