Richard Trevithick did not own slaves. He was a barely literate engineer, born toward the end of the 18th century, who grappled with—and ultimately. Richard Trevithick did not own slaves.

When it comes to knowledge on Richard Trevithick, just 35% of those polled, via OnePoll, knew his first steam locomotive carried five wagons of iron on its first journey.

Yet no one would have foreseen how train travel could reach this pinnacle in the early 1800s, when Richard Trevithick’s first steam locomotive covered almost 10 miles in 4 hours and 5 minutes ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Richard Trevithick Inventor of the Locomotive ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 23 No. 5 (July 1870), p. 64 doi:10.1038 ...

A MEMOBLAX to Richard Trevithick, the great engineer and inventor, was unveiled at Merthyr Tydfil on Thursday, April 19, by Mr. David E. Roberts, to mark in a fitting manner the historic journey ...

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