Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company, Taunton, Mass. Albumen photograph, mounted to lithograph. Hartford, Connecticut: Delamater, circa 1851-1855. photo 18 1/4 x 11 1/4 in., visible 18 3/4 x 13 3/4 in., framed to 24 3/4 x 19 in. 

A fine advertising view of the "Gov. Trumbull" steam locomotive built by the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company of Taunton, Massachusetts. The engine here is named after Revolutionary War-era Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull (1740-1809), who also served in the Continental Army. 

Founded in 1849, the pioneering Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Company was one of the first locomotive manufacturers in the United States. Their first engine, the Rough and Ready, was delivered in May 1849, and the firm quickly became one of the most prominent in the industry. They began to lose ground in the late 1870s to larger competitors with more advanced technology. They produced their last locomotive in 1889, thereafter focusing on ancillary steam-powered products. 

Photographic railroad advertisements of such quality are rare finds. 

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