First Steam Locomotive - Historical Commission of Nashville and Davidson County
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Historical Commission of Nashville and Davidson County marker number 41 - First Steam Locomotive
Waymark Code: WM89J
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2006
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On Dec. 13, 1850, the first steam engine, Tennessee No. 1, ordered by the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad arrived at the wharf on the steamboat Beauty, from Cincinnati. The one mile trip on improvised tracks from the wharf to the S. Cherry St. crossing required 4 days by mule power. A one mile trial run was made from this point on Dec. 27, 1850.
The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County
No. 41 Erected 1971
Marker reads the same on both sides.
Marker Name: First Steam Locomotive
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Railroad
Marker Number: Not listed
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Not listed
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