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A view of Manchester, N.H



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  • Outside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

    Outside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

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    Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. factory complex along the Merrimack River in Manchester, New Hampshire, with an elevation view of the side of a passenger steam locomotive on railroad tracks in the foreground, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, an engineer visible in the cab, a tender holding wood with a man standing in the tank, and a label between the driving wheels that reads "Amoskeag Mang. Co. Manchester N.H. / C.W. Baldwin Agent / 1856."

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  • Firemen's muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, N.H. September 15th. 1859

    Firemen's muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, N.H. September 15th. 1859

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