The Don Juan

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Creator

Zerah Colburn

Title

The Don Juan

Coverage

Philadelphia?

Publisher

Unknown printer

Date

Ca. 1850

Description

Zerah Colburn was a gifted mechanical engineer who started his career in the industry as an apprentice in Lowell, Massachusetts. His work impressed his peers and he began writing and publishing technical works on steam locomotives in the 1850’s and edited the America Rail Road Journal for a time. This drawing, from the early 1850’s appears to be from his time at Baldwin Locomotive Works, but the design itself does not appear to have been built.