"The Fireless Locomotive" by Anonymous is a chronicle from the early 1960s that tells the story of fireless locomotives, specifically the "Rubicon" which operated at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio, around 1900. This book explores how fireless engines improved factories by cutting down on smoke and fire risks with the Rubicon and its buddies, the Dayton and South Park. It describes how these engines were made and used, highlighting how they worked safely around things that could easily catch fire, unlike regular steam engines. It also considers how new Diesel-electric locomotives eventually took their place. It ends with the Rubicon saved as a piece of history, showing how important it was to the change from old steam to modern power in American factories.
The Fireless Locomotive
By Anonymous
Witness an early 20th-century revolution where steam engines without fire tamed factory floors.
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Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the case of very old works, the author's name may simply be lost over the course of history and time. There are a number of reasons anonymous works arise.
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