Jupiter Steam Locomotive Train Engine

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Arts and Industries Building

National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

1876: A Centennial Exhibition (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," August 1975

Summary

The steam locomotive the "Jupiter," engine No. 84, as it appeared around 1880. The locomotive was acquired by the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, in 1975 for the "1876: A Centennial Exhibition" in the Arts and Industries Building. The locomotive is one of about 25 of its type to exist, of approximately 25,000 that were manufactured.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: August 1975

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1974 photograph of 1880 image of the steam locomotive

Standard number

74-8184

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Object

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 9 1/2w x 3h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Exhibitions

Trains

Engines

Jupiter (Train)

Santa Cruz Railroad Co

Artifacts

Acquisitions

Steam locomotives

Railroads--Trains

Transportation

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8484