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The Best Friend of Charleston
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Title: The Best Friend of Charleston
Caption: The Best Friend of Charleston, a steam-powered railroad locomotive which, on June 17, 1831, became the first locomotive in the US to suffer a boiler explosion, seriously injuring the engine's crew. The explosion is said to have been caused by the fireman tying down the steam pressure release valve. From The History of Our Country, published 1905.
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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Image size: 5058 × 4324 px | 62.6 MB
Print size: 42.8 × 36.6 cm | 1991.3 × 1702.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 17 JUNE • 17. JUNI • 1831 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ACCIDENT • AMERICA • AMERICA. • AMERICAN • AMERICANS • AMERICAS • AMERICAS, THE • BEST FRIEND OF CHARLESTON, THE • BEST • BOILER • BURST • CARGO • CAUSED • CENTURY • CHARLESTON • CREW • DOWN • EEUU • ENGINE'S • ENGINE • EXPLODING • EXPLOSION • FIREMAN • FIRST • FRIEND • FRIENDS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY. • HOT-WATER HEATER • INJURING • JUNE 17 • LOCOMOTIVE • LOCOMOTIVES • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NINETEENTH • PASSENGER • PASSENGERS • POWERED • PRESSURE • RAIL • RAILROAD • RAILWAY • RELEASE • STATES • STEAM • STEAM-POWERED • TRAIN • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORT. • TRANSPORTATION • TRANSPORTS • TYING • U S A • U. S. A • U. S. A. • U. S. • UNITED STATES AMERICA • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • UNITED STATES • UNITED • US • US-AMERICAN • USA • USA. UNITED STATES • VALVE • VALVES • XIX CENTURY
