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Re: Iron Horse

Author: WebDigger

Date: 07-19-2019 - 22:51

Don B Wrote:
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> What year was the term "Iron Horse" was used to describe the american steam locomotive?

Searched ["Iron Horse" etymology]: [www.google.com]

The earliest mention I could find was "Iron horse "railroad locomotive" is from an 1839 poem." [www.etymonline.com], about 38% down the page.

Tried to find that poem -- ["Iron Horse" poem 1839] -- but couldn't. Closest I got was a citation from Minding the Machine: Languages of Class in Early Industrial America, by Stephen P. Rice; see it here: [books.google.com].

A bonus find from my search was Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations, edited by Andrew Dow: [books.google.com]. You may find it at Amazon or ebay.

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WebDigger Wrote:
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> Don B Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What year was the term "Iron Horse" was used to
> describe the american steam locomotive?
> 
> Searched ["Iron Horse" etymology]:
> https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&ei=xJ0yXaHA
> KcfC-gSUlriACw&q=%22Iron+Horse%22+etymology&oq=%22
> Iron+Horse%22+etymology&gs_l=psy-ab.3...6219.13000
> ..13673...0.0..0.704.3199.2j2j5j0j2j0j1......0....
> 1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0j0i67j38j0i22i30j33i160.Ev3
> BKXltG4o&ved=0ahUKEwihsum-2cLjAhVHoZ4KHRQLDrAQ4dUD
> CAo&uact=5
> 
> The earliest mention I could find was "Iron horse
> "railroad locomotive" is from an 1839 poem."
> https://www.etymonline.com/word/iron, about 38%
> down the page.
> 
> Tried to find that poem -- ["Iron Horse" poem
> 1839] -- but couldn't. Closest I got was a
> citation from  Minding the Machine: Languages of
> Class in Early Industrial America, by Stephen P.
> Rice; see it here:
> https://books.google.com/books?id=18YkDQAAQBAJ&pg=
> PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=%22Iron+Horse%22+poem+1839&source
> =bl&ots=uxT2FStV-3&sig=ACfU3U2pwGtI886PljYnVcjYUcG
> wHjQxVg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWxeKI4MLjAhW9HTQIHf
> oXDbEQ6AEwDnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Iron%20Horse%2
> 2%20poem%201839&f=false. 
> 
> A bonus find from my search was Dow's Dictionary
> of Railway Quotations, edited by Andrew Dow:
> https://books.google.com/books?id=pyn6-wNZFbwC&pg=
> PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=%22Iron+Horse%22+poem+1839&sour
> ce=bl&ots=AdNvXcENA3&sig=ACfU3U19hOlD4dgtvubdurAqP
> SaAOeKspA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjq556m28LjAhWJrJ4K
> HU5KB1kQ6AEwD3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Iron%20Horse
> %22%20poem%201839&f=false. You may find it at
> Amazon or ebay.

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