Best Friend of Charleston

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Columbia Mills Building, 301 Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29214, USA

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N33° 59' 54.96" W81° 2' 53.16"   (33.9986, -81.0481) Start navigation »

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The Best Friend of Charleston was a steam-powered railroad locomotive. It is widely acclaimed as the first locomotive to be built entirely within the United States for revenue service. It also produced the first locomotive boiler explosion in the US.

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