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  2. Richard Trevithick - Wikipedia

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    The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804, when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. [2] [3] Turning his interests abroad Trevithick also worked as a mining consultant in Peru and later explored parts of Costa Rica ...

  3. John Stevens (inventor, born 1749) - Wikipedia

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    1808 engraving of John Stevens estate, Castle Point, Hoboken. Currently the site of Stevens Institute of Technology. Replica of John Stevens' steam carriage. Col. John Stevens, III (June 26, 1749 – March 6, 1838) was an American lawyer, engineer, and inventor who constructed the first U.S. steam locomotive, first steam-powered ferry, and first U.S. commercial ferry service from his estate in ...

  4. List of railway pioneers - Wikipedia

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    first six-coupled steam locomotive and inventor of the Gölsdorf axle system [1] [2] [3] Louis Adolf Gölsdorf: Gepäcklokomotive: John Haswell: first steam brake, sheet steel firebox [1] Hugo Lentz: inventor of award-winning improvements to steam engines, e.g. steam valve gear with oscillating and rotating cams to actuate poppet valves [1] [3 ...

  5. History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830 - Wikipedia

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    Trevithick's steam circus on which the locomotive Catch Me Who Can ran Salamanca. The first steam railway locomotive was introduced by Richard Trevithick in 1804. [12] He was the first engineer to build a successful high-pressure stationary steam engine, in 1799. He followed this with a road going steam carriage in 1801.

  6. Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia

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    1804 – Richard Trevithick built a prototype steam-powered railway locomotive and it ran on the Pen-y-Darren Line near Merthyr Tydfil Wales. 1804 – Oliver Evans (claimed to have) demonstrated a steam-powered amphibious vehicle. 1807 – Francois Isaac de Rivaz – the De Rivaz engine, the first internal combustion engine using hydrogen as a fuel

  7. Matthew Murray - Wikipedia

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    Matthew Murray (1765 – 20 February 1826) was an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, the twin-cylinder Salamanca in 1812. He was an innovative designer in many fields, including steam engines, machine tools and machinery for the textile industry.

  8. Locomotion No. 1 - Wikipedia

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    Locomotion No. 1 (originally named Active) is an early steam locomotive that was built in 1825 by the pioneering railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson at their manufacturing firm, Robert Stephenson and Company. It became the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger-carrying train on a public railway, the Stockton and Darlington ...

  9. Steam locomotive - Wikipedia

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    LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to officially reach 100 mph (160 km/h), on 30 November 1934. 41 018 climbing the Schiefe Ebene with 01 1066 as pusher locomotive (video 34.4 MB) A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.