Description: This 5-ton explosion tested gathering locomotive was built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. It moved at a maximum speed of approximately 5 miles per hour. The drivers right hand is holding the controller which regulated the speed of the locomotive. Electrical power was supplied to the locomotive by way of the pickup trolley boom to an overhead power line. The long line of coal-filled mine cars was called a "trip". This photograph was taken at the Duquesne Light Company, Warrick Mine, Poland, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00976
Subjects: Locomotives; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Poland (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This building contained a bucket elevator built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio at the Marble Cliff Quarries in Columbus, Ohio, 1923. Jeffrey bucket elevators could move from 6 to 80 tons of material per hour, depending on the type of elevator and material to be moved. These elevators consisted of endless chains provided with buckets, of steel or malleable iron, spaced at short, equal intervals on the chain. The yard locomotive in the photograph is an 0-4-0 "Saddleback" type, referring to the water tank that sat astride the boiler. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01457
Subjects: Locomotives; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a Tom Thumb Locomotive replica from a collection of models for the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Tom Thumb, the first-American built steam locomotive, built by wealthy New Yorker, Peter Cooper in 1830. Copper and others designed the little engine that weighted barely a ton. The locomotive was not expected to succeed on a road with grades and sharp curves, but in August 1830 the locomotive succeeded in hauling 4 1/2 tons, at a speed of 12 to 15 miles an hour, around curves and up grades. The Tom Thumb was built to demonstrate and convince owners of the Baltimore to Ohio Railroad, the first in the United State, to use steam engines. The Tom Thumb is most remembered for its race with a horse-drawn car in which it lost due to a belt slip from the drum that drove the blower. Later races demonstrated the Tom Thumb defeating the horse-drawn car by great distances. Model dimensions: length 14", width 4", height 10". Photographs and descriptions of a few models were included in the book "Models for the Blind," compiled by workers of the Ohio Writers' Program. The book was meant as a guide, to be used in the building and study of models, and as documentation of the achievements at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The models were a result of research, design and construction by employees of the Works Projects Administration. Models were made of durable materials to withstand regular usage. The average cost of labor for larger models was $45. A special room was built to store the models where teachers could borrow them to be used in classroom instruction. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_013_001
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration; Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Locomotives
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: One and a half ton trammer locomotive made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio inside the factory, 1929. It was battery-powered and could travel in mine areas without overhead electrical trolley cable. It was sold to the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01516
Subjects: Locomotives; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)