Best Friend of Charleston

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a line drawing of an upright-boiler attached to a four-wheeled platform

The Best Friend of Charleston was a steam-powered railroad locomotive. It is widely acclaimed as the first locomotive to be built entirely within the United States for revenue service. It also produced the first locomotive boiler explosion in the US.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best Friend of Charleston

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Best Friend of Charleston

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