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a whiskey hogshead being used for a water-tank. The connecting-rods shown were never used, owing to sharp curves in the road.

Locomotive "Sandusky" (model). Driving wheels 4 feet 6 inches; cylinders, 11 by 16 inches. The first locomotive in the state of Ohio, 1837. This was the first locomotive built by Rogers & Co. (then Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor), at Paterson, N. J. [[erased words]] was originally built for the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, but not being accepted by them, was purchased by J. H. James, of Urbana, Ohio, president of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad. It was shipped by canal October 14, 1837, and when it arrived in Sandusky, November 17, 1837, not a foot of railroad had been laid in the state. The gauge of the Sandusky's wheels, 4 feet 10 inches, thus became the established gauge in the State of Ohio. This model was also constructed in the Museum Work Shops.