The Cornish genius of Richard Trevithick revealed in book on…
The work of locomotive pioneers such as the West’s Richard Trevithick changed the world by paving the way for the industrial age. Janet Hughes discovers one of the historians who is keeping their legacy aliveTheir steam locomotives meant heavy raw materials and people could be transported at speeds and distances never considered before.Most of us have heard of the Puffing Billy and Stephenson’s Rocket, but they are far from the only legacy retained from the era in which Britain led the world….

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