Identifier: bulletinunitedst2101956unit (find matches)
Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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Carolina Canal andRail-Road, the salvageable parts were used in constructinganother locomotive which was appropriately named thePhoenix. Darrells recollection is confirmed by the earlyreports of the company, which also reveal that the machin-ery and new boiler were arranged differently on the Phoenix,the cylinders being placed outside the frame, and the weightbeing much more evenly distributed. The Phoenix was put inservice on October 18, 1832. Although no documented relics of either of these two loco-motives remain, the Redwood Library at Newport, R. I.,now exhibits an all-metal wheel (figure 20) claimed to befrom the first locomotive used on first railroad of any lengthin America. Charleston, S. C, to Augusta, Ga., 1835. Quiteprobably it is a replacement wheel from the Phoenix, for Dar-rell also stated in 1869 that cast wheels with wrought tireswere used to replace the original wooden wheels with irontires that were on the Best Friend when it was salvaged toconstruct the Phoenix. 29
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Figure 2 1 .—Full sized operable replica of Best Friend of Charleston, built in 1 928by Southern Railway System. The wheel at Newport is built up of parts, and consists ofa large round hub, 12 round 1 V4-inch-diameter spokes, a rimapproximately 46 inches in diameter and 4V2 inches wide,and a flanged tire 4% inches wide and about 1 inch thick,the flange of which is 2 inches wide on its outside face. Thewheel, therefore, has a diameter of about 48 inches. Thespokes are staggered in the hub and appear to be fastened toit by threaded nuts. Four keyways are cut into the hole inthe hub. The complete history and exact origin of this wheel,given to the Redwood Library in January 1863 by Isaac P.Hazard of Newport, will probably remain a mystery. As with other early locomotives, a full sized operablereplica of the Best Friend has been built. The Southern Rail-way System, which now includes the old South-CarolinaCanal and Rail-Road, in 1928 constructed a faithful replicaof the locomotive at it

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