Location: United States
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May 18, 2023
Judith Tabler
Books
Not so Fast, Tom Thumb: The Story of the Horse Who Raced an American Steam Locomotive
by Judith Tabler
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Language:
English.
Published: May 23, 2023
by
DartFrogPlus.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Children's Books » Trains, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Animals / Horses
On May 24, 1830, the first train service in the United States commenced in Baltimore. Lucius Stockton’s horses pulled these train carriages, but Peter Cooper believed he could invent a steam locomotive that could go faster than a horse. On August 22, Cooper put the first American-made locomotive, Tom Thumb, on the tracks. Stockton and Cooper agreed to a horse versus steam engine race.