Five men clustered around engine #2, long train of loaded log cars curving along track behind

from left: 1 - Wm. Tate, conductor, on pilot [others unidentified]

A treatise on navigation by steam; comprising a history of the steam engine, and an essay towards a system of the naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable both to commerce and maritime warfare; including a comparison of its advantages as related to other systems in the circumstances of speed, safety and economy, but more particularly in that of the national defence.

Author's presentation copy.