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The Age of Invention

CHAPTER III
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This primitive locomotive and the cars it drew may be seen today in the Grand Central Station in New York.
Meanwhile, the Stevens brothers, sons of John Stevens, were engaged in the construction of the Camden and Amboy Railroad.

The first locomotive to operate on this road was built in England by George Stephenson.

This was the John Bull, which arrived in the summer of 1831 and at once went to work.

The John Bull was a complete success and had a distinguished career.

Sixty-two years old, in 1893, it went to Chicago, to the Columbian Exposition, under its own steam.


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