"Old Charles River" Locomotive, South Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1881

THF201503 / "Old Charles River" Locomotive, South Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1881
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Artifact Overview

Railroad workers posed with a 4-4-0 American-type steam locomotive for this photograph taken in Massachusetts in 1881. The locomotive sat in front of a two-stall engine shed. "Roundhouse" became the common name on American railroads for any building in which locomotives were serviced and maintained -- whether the building was round or not.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1881

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

33.265.1

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6.5 in
Width: 9.25 in

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