Drawing
Locomotive Menomonee
| Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 1, the Menomonee at a station with four people standing nearby. |
| Image ID: | 62051 |
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| Creation Date: | 1886 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
| Genre: | Drawing |
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| The first locomotive to be built west of Cleveland, constructed in 1852 by Walton & Company in Milwaukee for the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad in 1852 at the Menomonee Foundry. She was used in switching service, and was not equipped with air-brakes. Specifications: type 4-4-0, 15 inch x 20 inch cylinders, drivers 50 inches, wheel base 6 feet 3.5 inches, total engine 19 feet 3 inches, total engine and tender 39 feet, 38,200 lbs., total weight of engine 59,000 lbs., capacity of tank 1,640 gallons. Note on the front gives weight as about 26 tons, inside connected. Picture taken from List of Locomotives, issued October 1, 1886 by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. |
| Railroad trains |
| Locomotives |
| Children and adults |
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