Experiments on the consumption of fuel on the Boston and Lowell Railroad.

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Experiments on the consumption of fuel on the Boston and Lowell Railroad.

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Detailed record of experiments, October 8, 1850-April 30, 1851, on the quality of various woods used as fuel to generate steam for locomotives.

1 v. ; 33 x 45 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Nott, Gordon H.

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The route for the Boston and Lowell Railroad was surveyed in 1829; one year later the Massachusetts Legislature granted approval for the project. In June 1835, a single track linking Boston and Lowell was completed, making this one of the earliest steam railways in the U.S. In 1895 the Boston and Maine Railroad, lessor of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, decided to eliminate a dangerous grade crossing at Prison Point St. by building an overhead viaduct and bridge connecting Cambridge and Charlest...