A lap of honour for Trevithick's portable steam engine, London, 1808. Artist: Unknown
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A lap of honour for Trevithick's portable steam engine, London, 1808. In 1803 Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick designed the first self-propelled steam-powered vehicle, the 'London Steam Carriage', which he exhibited in London, driving it along the road from Holborn to Paddington and back. In 1808 he built a locomotive which he christened 'Catch me who can', charging a shilling admission to people to watch it run on a circular track in Bloomsbury (Trevithick's Steam Circus).
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- Richard Trevithick: British: Engineer and locomotive pioneer
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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Camden
- 51 35 00 N , 000 10 00 W
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