Celebrating the life and career of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), British mechanical engineer and inventor who successfully harnessed high-pressure steam and constructed the world's first steam railway locomotive (1803). Includes an illustration of ‘the scene at Euston, 1808’ and a picture of ‘two panels in the Trevithick window, Westminster Abbey’.

Includes the magazine cover and article only (other pages not included in item). The words “Trevithick’s locomotive at Euston Square, 1808” and the page numbers of the magazine article are handwritten in ink in the top right-hand corner of cover.

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1 item
Identifier:
WORTH/3/36
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