LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AND TENDER BUILT BY THE AMOSKEAG MANUFACTURING CO. AT MANCHESTER N.H. 1851.
Locomotive Engine and Tender built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. At Manchester N.H. 1851.
Multi-stone lithograph, printed in color. 1851.
Image size 18 1/8 x 31 1/2" (46.1 x 80 cm)
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 98613
Price: $3,250.00 Publisher : Published by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. J. Swyney Del.; J.H. Bufford's Lith. Boston 260 Washington St.
The Amoskeag Locomotive Works was based in Manchester, New Hampshire. They built steam locomotives at the dawn of the railroad era in the United States. The locomotive works operated as a division of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company between 1848 and 1859. This image shows a very early or first generation 4-4-0 design.
Besides building locomotives for railroad use, Amoskeag also built steam powered fire engines. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Locomotives & Railroads , Locomotive Broadside