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Gov. Stanford is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive originally built in 1862 by Norris Locomotive Works.[2] Following construction, it was disassembled and hauled by the ship Herald of the Morning around Cape Horn to California, then up the rivers aboard the schooner Artful Dodger, arriving in Sacramento on October 6, 1863.[3][4][5] With a dedication ceremony that included artillery discharge,[6] it entered service on November 9, 1863,[7] and it was used in the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in North America by Central Pacific Railroad bearing road number 1.[8][9][10] It was Central Pacific's first locomotive and it is named in honor of the road's first president and ex-California governor, Leland Stanford