Letter from an unknown sender, Dowlais Iron Works, Merthyr Tydril to John Wesley Hackworth Engine Works, Darlington

PART OF:
Correspondence accumulated by John Wesley Hackworth and Ann Hackworth
Made:
1872-01-27
part of archive:
Hackworth Family Archive
maker:
Hackworth, John Wesley
and
Hackworth, Ann

Is a ‘great admirer’ of Trevethick, has investigated Trevithick’s claims, a worker from the time Rees Jones, drawings by William Llewellyn a personal friend of Trevithick, these are now in the South Kensington Museum, it is clear that Trevithick discharged the waste steam into the chimney.

Details

Extent:
4 items
Identifier:
HACK/3/1/28

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