The first locomotive built for sale in…

December 1830 CE

The first locomotive built for sale in the United States, the four thousand dollar, four-ton Best Friend of Charleston, carries one hundred and forty-one passengers on Christmas Day, 1830, on the first scheduled steam railroad train in America.

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Charleston Charleston South Carolina United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View →

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Industrial Revolution, First View →

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Watercraft View →

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