Note 112 — Chapter X

We learn from the Sydney Empire, that the first locomotive made in New South Wales was launched from the yard of Messrs. Vale and Lacy, engine manufacturers, in January last. She is upwards of seventy horses power, and is now employed on the inclines and zig-zags of the Great Western (of Australia), between Redfern and Pyemont. “The trial,” says the Sydney Empire, “was pronounced by the scientific gentlemen present to be very satisfactory.”