West Point was an early American steam locomotive, the third steam locomotive constructed in the United States. It was built in 1830 by the West Point Foundry of New York for the South Carolina Railroad, to plans from Horatio Allen, and shipped to Charleston, South Carolina, aboard the Lafayette, arriving there on February 28, 1831 and entering service shortly afterward. Its frame and running gear were identical to those of the earlier Best Friend of Charleston, which came from the same builder, but where the Best Friend had a vertical boiler the West Point was fitted with a horizontal locomotive boiler. The sources read here say nothing about its later career or its fate.
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It was constructed for the South Carolina Railroad by the West Point Foundry of New York and built to plans from Horatio Allen.
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It was constructed for the South Carolina Railroad by the West Point Foundry of New York and built to plans from Horatio Allen.
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West Point was the third steam locomotive constructed in the United States.
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The locomotive was built in 1830 and shipped to Charleston, South Carolina, on the Lafayette, arriving there on February 28, 1831, and entering service shortly thereafter.
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It was constructed for the South Carolina Railroad by the West Point Foundry of New York and built to plans from Horatio Allen.
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West Point was the third steam locomotive constructed in the United States.
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