In 1825 Robert Eason was co-founder of Eason Iron Works. His partner, Thomas A. Dotterer, married his daughter, Mary.
EASON AND THE RAILROAD BUSINESS:
In the summer of 1830, the construction of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company's first locomotive was begun. The locomotive was constructed by the West Point Foundry of New York City (first locomotive built in America for actual service). The locomotive arrived in Charleston aboard the Niagara on October 23, 1830, and was named the Best Friend of Charleston by hopeful Charleston merchants. The company employed the services of Dotterer and Eason, local machinists and engineers, to assemble the locomotive and prepare it for service. One of their employees, Nicholas Darrell, became the first locomotive engineer of the first American built steam locomotive for actual service. The engine has a whopping 6 horse power and weighed 3 1/2 tons and could up to 30 mph without loaded cars attached. The first passenger carrying run was held on Christmas day, 1830. By October 3, 1833 the line ran all the way up to the thriving metropolis (poetic license evoked) of Aiken, 120 miles from Charleston.
The firm of Dotterer and Eason built the first Charleston locomotive which was named the Native and designed by Dotterer in 1834. This locomotive was declared by the Chairman of the Railroad Commission extreme simplicity of its arrangement, the directness with which the power was applied as well as in the substantial character of the workmanship, it held the promise of being one of the most permanent engines on the road.
EASON AND THE RAILROAD BUSINESS:
In the summer of 1830, the construction of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company's first locomotive was begun. The locomotive was constructed by the West Point Foundry of New York City (first locomotive built in America for actual service). The locomotive arrived in Charleston aboard the Niagara on October 23, 1830, and was named the Best Friend of Charleston by hopeful Charleston merchants. The company employed the services of Dotterer and Eason, local machinists and engineers, to assemble the locomotive and prepare it for service. One of their employees, Nicholas Darrell, became the first locomotive engineer of the first American built steam locomotive for actual service. The engine has a whopping 6 horse power and weighed 3 1/2 tons and could up to 30 mph without loaded cars attached. The first passenger carrying run was held on Christmas day, 1830. By October 3, 1833 the line ran all the way up to the thriving metropolis (poetic license evoked) of Aiken, 120 miles from Charleston.
The firm of Dotterer and Eason built the first Charleston locomotive which was named the Native and designed by Dotterer in 1834. This locomotive was declared by the Chairman of the Railroad Commission extreme simplicity of its arrangement, the directness with which the power was applied as well as in the substantial character of the workmanship, it held the promise of being one of the most permanent engines on the road.
In 1825 Robert Eason was co-founder of Eason Iron Works. His partner, Thomas A. Dotterer, married his daughter, Mary.
EASON AND THE RAILROAD BUSINESS:
In the summer of 1830, the construction of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company's first locomotive was begun. The locomotive was constructed by the West Point Foundry of New York City (first locomotive built in America for actual service). The locomotive arrived in Charleston aboard the Niagara on October 23, 1830, and was named the Best Friend of Charleston by hopeful Charleston merchants. The company employed the services of Dotterer and Eason, local machinists and engineers, to assemble the locomotive and prepare it for service. One of their employees, Nicholas Darrell, became the first locomotive engineer of the first American built steam locomotive for actual service. The engine has a whopping 6 horse power and weighed 3 1/2 tons and could up to 30 mph without loaded cars attached. The first passenger carrying run was held on Christmas day, 1830. By October 3, 1833 the line ran all the way up to the thriving metropolis (poetic license evoked) of Aiken, 120 miles from Charleston.
The firm of Dotterer and Eason built the first Charleston locomotive which was named the Native and designed by Dotterer in 1834. This locomotive was declared by the Chairman of the Railroad Commission extreme simplicity of its arrangement, the directness with which the power was applied as well as in the substantial character of the workmanship, it held the promise of being one of the most permanent engines on the road.
EASON AND THE RAILROAD BUSINESS:
In the summer of 1830, the construction of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company's first locomotive was begun. The locomotive was constructed by the West Point Foundry of New York City (first locomotive built in America for actual service). The locomotive arrived in Charleston aboard the Niagara on October 23, 1830, and was named the Best Friend of Charleston by hopeful Charleston merchants. The company employed the services of Dotterer and Eason, local machinists and engineers, to assemble the locomotive and prepare it for service. One of their employees, Nicholas Darrell, became the first locomotive engineer of the first American built steam locomotive for actual service. The engine has a whopping 6 horse power and weighed 3 1/2 tons and could up to 30 mph without loaded cars attached. The first passenger carrying run was held on Christmas day, 1830. By October 3, 1833 the line ran all the way up to the thriving metropolis (poetic license evoked) of Aiken, 120 miles from Charleston.
The firm of Dotterer and Eason built the first Charleston locomotive which was named the Native and designed by Dotterer in 1834. This locomotive was declared by the Chairman of the Railroad Commission extreme simplicity of its arrangement, the directness with which the power was applied as well as in the substantial character of the workmanship, it held the promise of being one of the most permanent engines on the road.
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Married Isabella Jane Grassell on 22 November 1806 in Charleston, Charleston District, SC
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