THE HINKLEY LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, BOSTON.

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D. Drummond


The Hinkley Locomotive Works, Boston.

Chromolithograph, c1873.
Image size 16 1/4 x 26 3/8" (41.3 x 67.2 cm)
Good condition and color, save repaired break above tender, marginal repairs and partial remargining at left with some loss of neat line.
LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 95449
Price: $4,500.00
Publisher : Published by C. H. Crosby & Co. Lith. Boston.
Signed lower left in stone. Initialed "H. L. W." on engine.

A fine representation of a 1870's American 4-4-0, a eight-wheel locomotive. .Circa date based on establishment of the Hinkley Locomotive Works in 1873; the firm was known as Hinkley and Williams from 1861 to 1872. An earlier variant of this print showing the Hinkley locomotive was drawn on stone by Samuel S. Frizzel and printed by the New England Lithographic Company.
18th-19th Century Subjects , Locomotives & Railroads , Locomotive Broadside