Item 13273 - Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863
- Item 13273 - Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863
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- Item 13273
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Image Info This Portland Company-built locomotives has a builder's plate that shows it was built in 1863. The plate also has "U.S." cast into it.
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While the Portland Company did build engines especially for the government for war use in 1864, this locomotive may have been intended for a private road, but taken for government use.
