Pioneer of high pressure steam. Born in Illogan, Cornwall. In 1803 he drove a steam carriage from Holborn to Paddington, on the roads. Died a pauper at The Bull Hotel, Dartford, where he had started a a job with J. & E. Hall Limited.
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Richard Trevithick
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London steam carriage
William Felton's carriage works was close to this spot. In 1803 he built a ca...
Richard Trevithick
The world’s first passenger-carrying railway was opened in Euston Square, or ...
Richard Trevithick - Dartford
{Beneath the Dartford Council coat of arms:} Richard Trevithick, 1771 - 1833,...
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Urban Hanlon Broughton
Engineer who married money and then made lots more. Born England. Studied civil engineering and gained expertise in the Shone sewer system which took him to Massachusetts to manage its installatio...
2 memorials
Peter Frank Stott
Civil engineer. Eight years working in Australia. Director of Highways and Transportation at the GLC 1964-67. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1990. Died Devon.
Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Transport, Australia
2 memorials
Sir Alexander Gibb
Civil engineer. FRS. Born Scotland into a long line of civil engineers. In London worked on: Metropolitan Railway extension Whitechapel tp Bow and Kew Bridge. Died at his home, The Anchorage, Ha...
1 memorial
Bagley's Foundry / The Foundery
There was a gun-manufacturing foundry at Windmill Hill, now Tabernacle Street EC2, until an explosion in 1716. Captured French guns were being melted and the liquid metal was poured into moulds whi...
2 memorials
William Rankine
Born Edinburgh. Physicist. Worked in thermodynamics. Never married but was musical and wrote humorous songs. Died Glasgow.
2 memorials