The Bausman mine was a 19th-century coal mine in the Pittsburgh area. The mine was started in 1844 by Frederick Bausman, and ran underground from 12th Street in Birmingham, Pennsylvania (modern South Side, Pittsburgh) to Spiketown. Coal from other mines in Spiketown was transferred through this mine using a steam locomotive.
Bausman's Rhinoceros
The "rhinoceros" was an early steam locomotive used in the Bausman mine. It was a 3 ft (914 mm) steam locomotive built for a narrow-gauge railway of an unusual design. The original builder is unknown. It was rebuilt by Thatcher Perkins of the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works in 1867. The locomotive was designed with an unusual driving mechanism in order to minimize the vertical forces of the wheels on the iron tracks.
References
- Pennsylvania State Geologist 1884, p. 178.
- Furman & Swain 1881, p. 400.
- RLE 1901, p. 13.
- Sinclair 1907, p. 505.
- Bianculli 2001, p. 184.
Bibliography
- Bianculli, Anthony J. (2001). Trains and Technology: Bridges and Tunnels ; Signals. University of Delaware Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-87413-729-3.
- Furman, H. V.; Swain, A. E. (11 June 1881). "Underground Haulage in the Coal Mines of Pennsylvania". The Mining and Engineering Journal. 31. Western: 400.
- Pennsylvania State Geologist (1884). Report of Progress, Pennsylvania. State Geologist (1874-1890). Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey. p. 178.
- Sinclair, Angus (1907). Development of the Locomotive Engine: A History of the Growth of the Locomotive from Its Most Elementary Form, Showing the Gradual Steps Made Toward the Developed Engine, with Biographical Sketches of the Eminent Engineers and Inventors who Nursed it on Its Way to the Perfected Form of To-day. Many Particulars are Also Given Concerning Railroad Development. A. Sinclair publishing Company. p. 505.
- RLE (1901). Railway and Locomotive Engineering: A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances. Angus Sinclair Company.
- History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh metropolitan area
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- Coal companies of the United States
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- Narrow gauge railroads in Pennsylvania
- Underground mines in the United States
- Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania
- Mines in Pennsylvania
- 3 ft gauge railways in the United States