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1939 NY World's Fair - Best Friend of Charleston - 1830
The Transportation Zone (Zone 6)
1939 New York World's Fair
Railroads on Parade
The Best Friend of Charleston - 1830
The Best Friend of Charleston - 1830 - Photo RM20 - captured with permission from Robert Martens from a film taken by his grandfather, Gustave Martens.
The Best Friend of Charleston - Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society -
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The Best Friend of Charleston sits in the yard between shows. Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society -
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The Best Friend of Charleston sits in the yard between shows. Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society -
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The Pagent Pages Menu
Circa 1820s
1829 - The Stourbridge Lion
1829 -The Tom Thumb
1830 - The Best Friend of Charleston
1831 - The DeWitt Clinton
1832 - The Atlantic
1837 - The William Galloway
Circa 1840 - The Conestoga Wagon
1856 - The William Mason
1861 - William Crooks
1869 - The Joining of the Rails
1860s - Passenger and Baggage Car
1875 - The J K Bowker - 1875
1939 - Pullman Passenger Car
The Grand Finale
The Best Friend of Charleston - 1830 - photo 181
The first completely American-built steam engine to go into scheduled passenger service was built at the West Point Foundry in New York for the Charleston & Hamburg Railroad. In 1831, the boiler exploded due to a fireman's carelessness, putting an end to both the engine and the fireman.
The Best Friend of Charleston - Courtesy of the World's Fair Historical Society - photo wf-290r