177.

Way-bill of a stage-coach line on the same road.
O. D. Amer. c. 1826....

591

178.

179.

180.

Printed statement showing cost of stage-coach travel
between principal towns. - 12mo. Amer. 1848...

-

A canal packet. The type of canal boat used exclusively
for passenger traffic. Sm. W. Amer.
c. 1830..
Title page to the first American book on the subject of
canals. - 4to. 1795....

595

602

603

181.

Digging a deep cut on the Erie Canal. 4to. Lith.
Amer. 1825.....

606

182.

First boat built for the Erie Canal. - 8vo. W. and T.
Amer. 1867....

607

183.

New York City's ticket of invitation to the Erie Canal
Celebration. Sm. C. Amer. 1825....

610

184.

Private token struck in celebration of the digging of the
Erie Canal. Brass. Amer. 1823.....

615

185.

Entrance of the Erie Canal into the Hudson River at
Albany. 8vo. C.
C. Amer. c. 1825.....

623

186.

Jumping aboard a canal packet from a bridge.
W. Amer. 1852....

Sm.

626

187.

Packets rounding a curve on the Erie Canal. - 12mo.
C. Amer. c. 1832.....

629

188.

Passenger boat approaching a lock on the Erie Canal.
4to. Lith. Amer. 1825.....

632

189.

Canal packet passing through a gorge at night. 4to.
S. Amer. c. 1838...

635

An Erie packet going through a deep cut. 4to. Lith.
Amer. 1825....

641

192.

Passengers on a boat nearing Lockport, Erie Canal.
8vo. C. Amer. c. 1835..

196.

An inclined plane on the Morris Canal, in New Jersey.
Sm. W. Amer. c. 1840....

658

197.

198.

Boat descending a Morris Canal inclined plane on its
cradle. 12mo. Lith. Amer. c. 1835.....
Title page to Alspach's Guide for the Schuylkill Canal.
12mo. Amer. 1827. . . . .

662

665

199.

200.

Announcement preceding the running of a special canal
boat. Sm. W. and T. Adv. Amer. c. 1832...
The canal basin at Providence, Rhode Island. — 8vo.
S. Amer. c. 1840.....

669

671

201.

Bill-head of the Merchants' Line on the Delaware and
Raritan Canal. Sm. F. W. and T. Amer. 1843

202.

A packet boat on the Miami Canal in Ohio.
C. Amer. c. 1845.....

- 8vo.

682

203.

Canal and river scene at North Bend, Ohio. - 8vo.

204.

Printed schedule and rates of fare on the Illinois and
Michigan Canal. Sm. Adv. Amer. 1851..

686

A cartoon on the bunk system of sleeping accommoda-
tions for travellers. Sm. W. Amer. c. 1845....
Map of Pittsburgh just after it was connected with
Philadelphia by a canal and railway route. - 8vo. C.
Amer.

693

1834...

695

208.

View of Pittsburgh and the Ohio River at the height
of the water travel period. 8vo. S. Amer. C.

1840 .....

699

209.

The great Pittsburgh Fire of 1845.-F. Lith. Col.
Amer. 1845....

703

210.

Two ancestors of the modern automobile. Gordon's
car 12mo. W. Amer. 1829. Gurney's car 12mo.
W. Amer. c. 1848....

711

NUMBER

211.

A coal wagon on a primitive English railway. 8vo.
C. English. c. 1800..

PAGE

721

212.

A Welch stone quarry railway of 1808. 8vo. C.
English. 1808.

723

213.

The American Traveller Broadside. Probably the first
picture of a railway printed in America.-L. F.
W. and T. 1826....

725

214.

An early printed description of the Baltimore and Ohio.
railway. - Sm. W. and T. Amer. c. 1830......
The New York American's account of the English loco-
motive tests of October, 1829.-L. F., March 11,
1830

728

731

216.

Title page to Earle's Treatise on Railroads. 8vo.
Amer. 1830....

Heading and title to Volume I, Number I, of the Rail-
road Journal. —F. W. and T. January 2, 1832..
A description of the new apparatus for travelling on
railroads. 8vo. W. and T. Amer. c. 1834....
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad March. F. C.
Amer., July 4, 1828.

737

745

747

220.

Rails and stone ties of the Camden and Amboy railroad
in 1831, and of the Pennsylvania Portage railway in
1832. — Sm. W. Amer. Modern....

751

221.

John Stevens' T rail of 1830. — Sm. W. Amer.
Modern

755

222.

Early American methods of railway track building. -
Sm. F. C. Amer. 1832....

757

223.

Manner of building part of the roadbed and track of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad in 1833. Sm. W.
Amer. Modern...

760

224.

225.

Roadbed and track structure of the Boston and Lowell
railroad in 1834-1835. — Sm. W. English. 1838..
Track of the Albany and Schenectady railway, 1837.
Sm. W. Amer. Modern....

763

765

226.

First rail rolled in the United States: 1844. Sm.
W. Amer. Modern.....

767

227.

An early horse-drawn railway passenger car of the stage-
coach type. 12mo. W. Amer. c. 1830........

771

228.

229.

230.

NUMBER

Speed test between a horse and the locomotive Tom
Thumb, in 1830.-F. W. Amer. 1871.......
Two early railroad cars of the stage-coach form drawn
by a locomotive. 12mo. W. Amer. c. 1831....
A sailing car on the Charleston and Hamburg road in
1829. 8vo. W. Amer. 1871.....

PAGE

774

776

779

231.

232.

Passenger car propelled by a horse running on an endless
platform. Tried on the Charleston and Hamburg
road in 1829.- 8vo. W. Amer. 1871..............
Scene on the Charleston and Hamburg railway. - Sm.
W. Amer. c. 1830....

784

788

233.

First public trip of a train on the Charleston and Ham-
burg road. F. W. Amer. 1871..

790

234.

235.

The cotton-bale and brass-band train on the Charleston
and Hamburg line.-F. W. Amer. 1871.....
First train of the Mohawk and Hudson railway.
Brown's silhouette of August 9, 1831.-F. Lith.
Amer. c. 1855....

793

801

Engraving intended to represent a scene on the Mohawk
and Hudson railroad. 8vo. C. Amer. c. 1838..
View of a railway train drawn in part from imagination
and hearsay. -8vo.
8vo. W. Amer. c. 1832.....
First passenger cars and station of the Philadelphia,
Germantown and Norristown railroad:
1832. F. Lith. Amer. c. 1832..

804

807

1831 or

809

239.

240.

241.

Carefully drawn sketch, by an amateur, showing Old
Ironsides and the passenger car depicted in the preced-
ing. Sm. W. Amer. c. 1832....

Another print of Old Ironsides, pulling passenger cars
of two different types. 8vo. W. Amer. c. 1832
Scene showing a horse-drawn railway car of the stage-
coach type in a Philadelphia street. - 8vo. C. Amer.
c. 1833-1834....

242.

A train of the Pioneer Fast Line passing through a
Pennsylvania town. - 12mo. W. Amer. c. 1842..

828

243.

A train on the West Chester railroad, Pennsylvania. -
8vo. M. Amer. c. 1838-1840.

831

NUMBER

244.

Railway inclined plane and small passenger car at
Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. 8vo. Lith. Amer.
c. 1855......

PAGE

833

245.

First car on the New York and Harlem railway, or one
nearly identical with it. 12mo. W. Amer.
1832 ...

C.

839

246.

247.

248.

249.

A later style of passenger car on the New York and
Harlem road. Section of 8vo. S. Amer.
c. 1838
Cartoon suggesting the unevenness of the track on the
Harlem railroad. · Sm. W. Amer. c. 1840-1842.
Another cartoon showing a train on the Harlem road
entering a tunnel. Sm. W. Amer. c. 1840-1842
Later picture of a train on the Harlem line.
W. Amer. c. 1848....

844

849

853

250.

Scene on the Norwich and Worcester railway.
Lith. Amer. c. 1845...

251.

First train on the Erie Railroad; 1837.
of 12mo. S. Amer. 1837....

Modern copy

863

252.

The Rogers machine works as they appeared in 1832.
4to. S. Amer. 1886. The firm's engraving of

an early sketch.....

866

253.

254.

255.

The Baldwin locomotive works and early examples of
its product. F. M. Amer. c. 1840.......
The Baltimore and Ohio railway locomotive York:
built in 1831-1832. — Sm. W. Amer. 1855....
The Sandusky; first locomotive in Ohio. - Sm. W.
Amer. 1886. The builders' engraving, from their
early drawing...

869

873

875

256.

1838....

A locomotive of the York type. Used on the Baltimore
and Washington railway in 1837.-8vo. C. Eng-
lish.

877

257.

The engine Hackensack. — F. Photograph. Amer. c.
1865

879

258.

The locomotive Victory. L. F. Lith. Col. Amer.
c. 1850.....