Richard Trevithick

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A British engineer who experimented with high-pressure steam engines and built the first locomotive mounted on wheels capable of hauling wagons.

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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution ⚙️🔥 | Bori... · 1:41:23 · 4d ago
…An inventive Cornishman named Richard Trevithick was a pioneer of this high pressure approach.…
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John HopkinsShort History Of... · The Golden Age of Railways · 10:00 · 24 May
…The breakthrough comes in the early years of the 19th century when Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick experiments with a new kind of steam engine.…
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