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The initial products were noted for their up to the minute designs and were well received. The first two locomotives went to the Hudson River
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Nathaniel McKay, brother of Donald McKay, of clipper ship fame, formerly associated with locomotive builder McKay and Aldus. McKay Iron Works built general machinery, including a few locomotives, until the works closed for good in 1872.
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188:Engineer (Philadelphia) Nov 1, 1860, pg 93
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