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The State of Georgia exhibits the war locomotive "General" made famous during the rebellion by the Andrews Raiders, many of whom were captured and suffered death in their effort to destroy the railway bridges near Atlanta, while using this locomotive upon that unsuccessful raid.

From foreign lands, the London and North Western Railway of England bring to the Exposition full-sized models of Trevithick's locomotive of 1804, and Stephenson's "Rocket" of 1829, each standing upon the original track upon which it ran. The contrast between them and Webb's English Compound locomotive - the "Queen Empress" - is most marked.

[[underlined]] Historical Marine Exhibits. [[/underlined]]

Perhaps the most important exhibit relating to the beginnings of the steam boat is the original twin-screw marine engine built by John Stevens at Hoboken, New Jersey in 1803-4 (See Plate [[strikethrough]] C [[/strikethrough]] ^[[[[circled]] D [[/circled]]]], and exhibited by the Hoboken Ferry Company. This was without doubt the first steam engine that ever furnished power to drive a marine screw propeller. It is gratifying to note that this engine mounted in a reproduction of the boat built nearly 90 years ago, is through the courtesy of Col. Edwin A. Stevens, a grandson of the great engineer and inventor, to be deposited in the section of transportation and engineering in the U.S. National Museum, at the close of the Exposition.