John Bull Locomotive Tested at NMAH

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Summary

In anticipation of a possible track run (finally accomplished September 15, 1981), the John Bull steam engine is tested in the National Museum of American History using compressed air.

Subject

National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," October 1981, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 9, 1981

Topic

  • John Bull (Steam locomotive)
  • Steam locomotives
  • Exhibitions

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