"The world’s first steam locomotive, which led to a worldwide revolution in the transport industry, was built right here in Coalbrookdale under Richard Trevithick's design in 1802. Although the fate ...

ON April 27, simultaneous meetings of the members of the Newcomen Society were held in London and New York. At both places, two papers were read, the first being by Mr. W. W. Mason on Trevithick's ...

IN connexion with the celebration of the centenary of the death of the great Cornish engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick, the ‘father’ of the steam locomotive, a memorial exhibition has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An 1885 construction crew builds a train crossing above the Green River in the Cascade Mountains, Washington. In 1804, a British ...

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Preparations are in their final stretch for an annual celebration of pioneering engineer Richard Trevithick. The Cornish inventor made history in 1804 with his five-tonne locomotive which was the ...