Model of the 1837 Steam Locomotive, <i>H. R. Dunham</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1961
label: date made
content: ca. 1837
name: label: maker
content: Severn Lamb, Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a 1/2 inch scale model of the engine and tender that represent the general service locomotive, <i>Dunham</i> built around 1837 by H. R. Dunham & Co. of New York City for the Harlem Rail Road. Contemporary drawings reveal that Dunham closely followed Baldwin’s <i>Lancaster</i> design. The locomotive model shows a 4-2-0 wheel arrangment. Steam locomotives are often classified by wheel arrangement, in the order of leading, driving, and trailing wheels. This engine has four leading wheels, two driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
label: Description
content: The proliferation of new railroads encouraged many small machine shops to enter the locomotive business. While some of these firms, like that of M. W. Baldwin, would produce many engines and make a fortune, most, like H.R. Dunham & Co., built only a few machines and went out of business. Dunham constructed sixteen locomotives from 1836 to 1838 for the New York and Harlem, the Camden and Amboy, the Michigan Central and several other lines.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Stratford-upon-Avon
topic: label: Subject
content: Railroads
label: Subject
content: Locomotives
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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content: Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.319306
label: catalog number
content: 319306
label: accession number
content: 234646
objectType: label: Object Name
content: locomotive and tender, H.R., Dunham, 4-2-0, 1836-38
label: Object Name
content: locomotive and tender, h.r.
label: Object Name
content: model, locomotive
label: Other Terms
content: locomotive and tender, H.R., Dunham, 4-2-0, 1836-38; Rail
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 9.525 cm x 34.925 cm