george stephenson invented the first full scale working railway steam locomotive.
george stephenson invented the first full scale working railway steam locomotive.
who invented the first full scale working railway steam locomotive?
george stephenson
the industrial revolution had a major impact upon the cornish people. cornwall's economy was fully integrated into england's, and mining in cornwall, always an important source of employment and stability of the cornish, experienced a process of industrialisation resulting in 30 per cent of cornwall's adult population being employed by its mines. during this period, efforts were made by cornish engineers to design steam engines with which to power water pumps for cornish mines thus aiding the extraction of mineral ore. industrial scale tin and copper mining operations in cornwall melded cornish identity with engines and heavy industry, and cornwall's leading mining engineer, richard trevithick, became "as much a part of cornwall's heritage as any legendary giant from its celtic past". trevithick's most significant success was a high-pressure steam engine used to pump water and refuse from mines, but he was also the builder of the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. on 21 february 1804, the world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place as trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the penydarren ironworks, near merthyr tydfil in wales.
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the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive, was the gauge "coalbrookdale locomotive", built by trevithick in 1802. it was constructed for the coalbrookdale ironworks in shropshire in the united kingdom though no record of it working there has survived. on 21 february 1804, the first recorded steam-hauled railway journey took place as another of trevithick's locomotives hauled a train along the tramway from the pen-y-darren ironworks, near merthyr tydfil, to abercynon in south wales. accompanied by andrew vivian, it ran with mixed success. the design incorporated a number of important innovations that included using high-pressure steam which reduced the weight of the engine and increased its efficiency.
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