Английская Википедия:Bausman Mine

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The Bausman mine was a 19th-century coal mine in the Pittsburgh area. The mine was started in 1844 by Frederick Bausman, and ran underground from 12th Street in Birmingham, Pennsylvania (modern South Side, Pittsburgh) to Spiketown.Шаблон:Sfn Coal from other mines in Spiketown was transferred through this mine using a steam locomotive.Шаблон:Sfn

Bausman's Rhinoceros

The "rhinoceros" was an early steam locomotive used in the Bausman mine. It was a Шаблон:RailGauge steam locomotive built for a narrow-gauge railway of an unusual design.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The original builder is unknown. It was rebuilt by Thatcher Perkins of the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works in 1867.Шаблон:Sfn The locomotive was designed with an unusual driving mechanism in order to minimize the vertical forces of the wheels on the iron tracks.

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