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British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall.
Richard Trevithick's invention is considered the first tramway locomotive, however, it was a road locomotive, designed for a road and not for a railroad. However, Trevithick's accomplishments were many and the inventor did not fully recieve the credit he was due during his lifetime.
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variant spelling:
TREVITHICK, Richard
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History
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* 13.04.1771
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England
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born
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1804
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Development of the first high pressure steam engine.
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1804
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Invention : built the first steam engine tramway locomotive.
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22.02.1804
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Merthyr Tydfil, Pays de Galles
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The locomotive hauled a load of 10 tons of iron, 70 men and five extra wagons the 9 miles between the ironworks at Pen-y-Darron in the town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales to the bottom of the valley called Abercynnon. It took about two hours.
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† 22.04.1833
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died
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