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Wheel from the DeWitt Clinton locomotive, 1831

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Wheel from the DeWitt Clinton locomotive, 1831

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Arts and Leisure		 Exhibiting Transportation at the Smithsonian — Exhibiting transportation history, 1880-1950


Wheel from “Dewitt Clinton”
Currently on display
 From the Smithsonian Collection
In 1891 Smithsonian curators collected this early American railroad relic-a wheel from, according to the National Museum's 1891 annual report, the "first engine placed into service on . . . the oldest railway in the state of New York." On the wheel is inscribed "First Trip, August 9th 1831."
Details
Date Made:
1831
Locations:
New York

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