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The series illustrating the development of the car wheel has been added ^[[to]] by a gift from Mr. Theodore N. Ely, General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, of a car wheelnof the type in use when the first locomotives were put on the New Jersey Railroad, in 1831. Its quite similar to the wheels used under the passenger cars when they were drawn by horses, prior to the introduction of locomotives on the first portion of the Pennsylvani Railroad opened for traffic, in 1834.

Through the courtesy of the Master Mechanic of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company one of the original driving wheels of the locomotive "De Witt Clinton" has found a place in the Collection. The "De Witt Clinton" was built at the West Point Foundry, New York in 1831, and was the first Locomotive constructed in America to do work. It was also the first engine placed in service on the Albany and Schenectady Road, the oldest railway in the State of New York.

Transcription Notes:
1. The word 'wheelnof' is transcribed as in the original. It most likely should be "wheel of". 2. The word "Pennsylvani" is transcribed as in the original. It most likely should be "Pennsylvania".