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- ↑ Crifasi, Beverly W. "Personal papers, articles, photographs and family history of the Gould Family". Historical Society of West Caldwell, NJ.
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- ↑ North American Steam Locomotive Builders by Harold Davies, TLC 2005
- ↑ American Steam Locomotive Builders