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First Steam Locomotive

 
 
First Steam Locomotive Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, April 18, 2014
1. First Steam Locomotive Marker
Inscription. On Dec. 13, 1850, the first steam engine, Tennessee No. 1, ordered by the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, arrived on the steamboat "Beauty" from Cincinnati. The one-mile trip on improvised tracks from the wharf to the S. Cherry St. crossing required 4 days by mule power. A one mile trial run was made from this point on Dec. 27, 1850.
 
Erected 2011 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 41.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1907.
 
Location. 36° 8.568′ N, 86° 45.918′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in South Nashville. Marker is on 4th Avenue S. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37210, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Dudley Park (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Merritt House (about 700 feet away); St. Patrick Catholic Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Tom Wilson Park / Thomas T. Wilson (approx. 0.2 miles away); May Hosiery Mills
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(approx. ¼ mile away); Captain John Rains (approx. ¼ mile away); United Record Pressing (approx. ¼ mile away); A History of Restoration (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.
 
First Steam Locomotive Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, April 18, 2014
2. First Steam Locomotive Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 710 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 12, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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