West Point (locomotive)

West Point (locomotive)

Infobox Locomotive
name = West Point
powertype = Steam


builder = West Point Foundry
designer = Horatio Allen
whytetype = 0-4-0
uicclass = B
driversize = convert|4.5|ft|m|1
cylindercount = 2
cylindersize = convert|6|in|mm bore × convert|16|in|mm stroke

"West Point" was the third steam locomotive constructed in the United States. [cite book
title = Modern American Locomotive Engines
author = Emory Edwards
year = 1883
publisher = Henry Carey Baird & Co.
location = Philadelphia
pages = p. 96] It was constructed for the South Carolina Railroad by the West Point Foundry of New York and built to plans from Horatio Allen.

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 afterward.

Its frame and running gear were identical to the earlier "Best Friend of Charleston" from the same builder, but instead of the "Best Friend"'s vertical boiler, the "West Point" was fitted with a horizontal locomotive boiler.

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