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picture of 1865 LIRR 
    4-4-0 Steam Locomotive

Title: LIRR 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive Circa 1865.

Subjects: Trains--Steam Engines--Mid-Nineteenth Century; Photographs--Trains--Steam Engines; East New York

Description: This is a photograph of a LIRR 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive taken in 1865 at the Howard House, East New York station (now a part of Brooklyn). This is the oldest know surviving photograph of the Long Island Rail Road, according to author Ron Ziel.

Source: Photograph is part of Harold Fagerberg collection.

Language: English.

Relation: Photograph taken from the book,"The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs" by Ron Ziel.

Location: Howard House, East New York (now a part of Brooklyn, New York).

Creator: Unknown.

Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.;Mineola, New York.

Other Contributer: Ron Ziel authored the book that published this photograph.

Rights Management: Copyright 1990--All rights reserved by publishing company.

Date: 1865

Resource Type: Photograph

Format: JPEG file

Resource Identifier: ISBN of book is 0-486-26301-0

 


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