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James Thompson was an American surveyor who created the first plat of Chicago. Born in South Carolina, Thompson moved to Kaskaskia in southern Illinois as a young man and lived in …
American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.
Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a common-carrier railroad. It was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1829 to convince owners of the n…
Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a…
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester i…
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) (depicted), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major…