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Chapter 20, page 224.
Called 'George E. Emerson'; Chapter 34, p.446.
B&O's "Tom Thumb", First American Built Locomotive; Chapter 20, p. 224
'This stupendous bit of masonry was one of the greatest achievements of early railroading.  It was built as a retaining wall for the bed of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by Benjamin H. Latrobe, along the Cheat River, near Rowlesburg, W. Va., enabling the railway to cling safely to the side of the mountain.'
'Last of her type.'
'Recent type of compound freight locomotive used on the mountainous districts of the B. & O. R. R.'
Copied from Pangborn, J. G.'s Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 273.