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The Galvani: an electric locomotive ahead of its batteries

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Section: First electric railway locomotive
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He built a full-sized locomotive, Galvani of 1842, which was a four-wheeled machine, 16 feet (4.9 m) long and powered by Davidson's batteries.
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