In 1890, Lindsay and Early of Carbondale, Pa., deposited one of the two cylinders ([figure 8]) of the America in the National Museum (USNM 180922). It has a 9-inch bore and a 24-inch stroke, and the piston ([figure 9]) is fitted with two compression rings. (The location of the other cylinder is today unknown.)
Earlier, in 1888, the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. had given to the Museum several locomotive parts, all thought to have been from the Stourbridge Lion. It has been established, however, through correspondence with E. A. Forward, formerly of the Science Museum, South Kensington, London, and with the firm of Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns, Ltd., that the three crank rings (USNM 180030-C) received at that time are actually relics of the America.
Figure 8.—Cylinder of America, in National Museum.
Figure 9.—Piston from cylinder, at about twice the scale of [figure 8].
Figure 10.—Walking beams of Stourbridge Lion, in National Museum.
Figure 11.—Stourbridge Lion partially reassembled from original parts in National Museum. Frame and wheels are not original, and the crank rings are undoubtedly from the America.