White, John H.

Cincinnati Locomotive Builders 1845-1868

Washington D.C. Smithsonian, 1965. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt; pictorial endpapers, 167 pps. with index, bibliography. Illustrated. United States National Museum Bulletin 245. A history of locomotive builders in Cincinnati in the two decades prior to, and during, the Civil War. The history of these builders can be viewed as a case study of the industry as practiced west of the Alleghanies during the period. A tight copy, gilt bright, some foxing to few and last few leaves as well as text block edges. Issued without dust jacket, Item #E4827B

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