Sheffield No. 2 Velocipede — Carson City, NV
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Volcanoguy
N 39° 08.879 W 119° 46.125
11S E 260730 N 4336850
A Sheffield velocipede on display at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, NV.
Waymark Code: WMVVE9
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2017
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The velocipede is on display in the Annex Building at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Text of sign about the velocipede:
Sheffield No. 2 Velocipede
George Sheffield’s Sheffield Velocipede Car Company commenced making these light weight, three-wheeled vehicles at Three Rivers, Michigan about 1877. They were widely used by railroad track inspectors and switch and signal maintainers.
A No. 2 Sheffield, such as this, had provision for a passenger behind the operator.
This particular example is a reconstruction utilizing the steel and iron parts from a burned velocipede carcass found along the Western Pacific Railroad right-of-way between Reno and Reno Junction. The restoration was performed by Robert Recks, who donated it to the Nevada Sate Railroad Museum in 2006.
Is this a display or a maintenance facility location?: Display
Are there any fees and if so how much? (optional): Museum entrance fee of $6.00
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