Letter to the Editor of the West Briton from David Trebilcock Regarding Harvey and Co.’s Pumping Machinery

Letter relating to reports of an order for unusual pumping machinery received by Messrs. Harvey and Co.’s Engineering Works. David Trebilcock was a member of a party of fifty who sailed to Peru in 1825 with a view to working the mines in Cerro de Pasco, but was unable to do so due to the failure of Richard Trevithick’s steam engine to work at high altitude. (1p.)