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	Richard Trevithick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Trevithick (born 13 April 1771 in Illogan, Cornwall; died 22 April 1833 in Dartford, Kent) was a British inventor, engineer and builder of the first working steam locomotive.
		Trevithick was the son of a mine engineer and as a child would watch steam engines pump water from the deep tin and copper mines common in Cornwall.
		Trevithick first demonstrated it in public on Christmas Eve 1801 (his cousin Andrew Vivian at the controls) by having it take friends on short trips through the streets of Camborne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Trevithick (990 words)

	Richard Trevithick
		The true 'father of the steam locomotive', Richard Trevithick was born in in Illogan (on 13 April 1771) according to Marshall.
		Francis Trevithick was born in Cornwall in 1812.
		Trevithick was unwilling and unable to run the works and the whole department on the organised and disciplined base necessary with the growing size of the Northern Division, and he shied away from responsibility.
	www.steamindex.com /people/trevith.htm (6205 words)

	Dartford Technology: Engineering - Richard Trevithick
		Richard Trevithick, most famous as the inventor of the first railway locomotive, lived, worked, died and is buried at Dartford.
		Richard was born in the Parish of Illogan, Cornwall in 1771.
		Richard was probably based at Hall's Dartford Engineering Works for about a year, during which time he lived at the Bull Hotel (now the Royal Victoria and Bull Hotel) in Dartford High Street.
	www.dartfordarchive.org.uk /technology/engin_trevithick.shtml (742 words)

	BBC - South East Wales Historical Figures - Richard Trevithick
		Richard Trevithick was born in Carn Brea between Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, and grew up amongst the tin mines where his father worked with pumping engines.
		As a result, Trevithick died in relative poverty at Dartford, Kent, in 1833, and was carried to a pauper's grave by colleagues at an engineering works.
		Richard Trevithick was the true father of the modern railway.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/southeast/halloffame/historical_figures/richard_trevithick.shtml (825 words)

	Real Cornwall :: People & Places :: People :: People Past :: Richard Trevithick
		Trevithick successfully manufactured and operated his stationary high pressure engines, which were known as 'puffers' because of the noise they made.
		Unfortunately Trevithick was a little ahead of his time and the cast-iron rails of the tramways were just not strong enough to support the weight of his new machine.
		Trevithick made many other designs and inventions, improvements to his steam engine, the highly successful Cornish boiler, agricultural machinery and even a Thames dredger He was also responsible for containerisation in ships, tunnelling under the Thames, the designs of a 1000 feet iron tower, a ships propeller screw and the refrigerator.
	telematics.ex.ac.uk /realcornwall/peopleandplaces/richard_trevithick.htm (749 words)

	Richard Trevithick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In February 1804 Trevithick's improved steam locomotive pulled ten tons of iron, seventy passengers and five wagons from the Penydarren Ironworks to the Merthyr-Cardiff Canal.
		Trevithick's locomotive was simply too heavy for the cast iron and wooden rails upon which existing systems - either horse-drawn or rope-drawn by static steam engines - ran.
		Trevithick attempted to employ steam engines for a variety of uses, including marine propulsion, and he worked for a time in South America.
	basil.acs.bolton.ac.uk /~mjh1hlc/trevithick.htm (295 words)

	Richard Trevithick biography
		Richard Trevithick was born in 1771 in Illogan, Cornwall.
		Trevithick was backed by a succession of sponsors, but his early designs either broke down, or proved too heavy.
		Trevithick's use of steam under high pressure was essential to the developement of effective railway engines.He can be rightly credited with being the father of steam locomotion.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/bio/trevithick.htm (547 words)

	ipedia.com: Richard Trevithick Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Richard Trevithick was an English inventor, who was born in Illogan, Cornwall.
		Richard Trevithick was the son of a mine engineer, and as a child would watch steam engines pump water out of the deep ti...
		Richard Trevithick was the son of a mine engineer, and as a child would watch steam engines pump water out of the deep tin and copper miness which were common in Cornwall.
	www.ipedia.com /richard_trevithick.html (495 words)

	Richard Trevithick
		Trevithick was later to accuse Watt and his partner, Matthew Boulton, of using their influence to persuade Parliament to pass a bill banning his experiments with steam locomotives.
		Richard Trevithick soon found another sponsor in Samuel Homfray, the owner of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil.
		Trevithick had plenty of volunteers for his locomotive that reached speeds of 12 mph (19 kph) but once again the rails broke and he was forced to bring the experiment to an end.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAtrevithick.htm (1385 words)

	Richard Trevithick - Inventor of the Steam Locomotive - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Trevithick, a man over six foot and known as the 'Cornish Giant', gained a reputation of being one of the best wrestlers in cornwall at the age of 18.
		Richard Trevithick soon found a sponsor in Samuel Homfray, the owner of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil.
		Richard Trevithick created the steam locomotive in Merthyr Tydfil and the first ever journey made by steam locomotive was in Merthyr Tydfil so this leaves a masive mark on the towns history.
	maxpages.com /merthyrhistory/Richard_Trevithick - !http://www.maxpages.com/merthyrhistory/Richard_Trevithick (505 words)

	Richard Trevithick - engineer
		In the years before James Watt's steam-engine patents expired in 1800, Trevithick became involved in the search for a way to by-pass the separate-condenser patent which was costing Cornish mine owners a lot of money in royalties.
		Trevithick built his first road steam locomotive at Camborne in 1801, and it had a short but interesting life before burning out while Trevithick and his pals were in a pub.
		TREVITHICK was excited by the performance of the world's first locomotive engine after its trials on the Penydarren wagon-way in South Wales.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /trevithicko.htm (1062 words)

	trevithick
		Trevithick Close, Park Lane, Madeley was named thus to honour the memory of Richard Trevithick, an inventive genius who received scant recognition during his lifetime and who died penniless and destitute at Dartford in Kent in 1833.
		Richard Trevithick was way ahead of his time; it was unfortunate that technology allied to his experiments did not keep pace with him.
		Richard Trevithick was one of Britain's greatest inventors, and one who received so little reward or recognition for his contributions to the advancement of mankind.
	www.madeley.org.uk /trevithick.htm (607 words)

	BBC Inside Out - The Cornish Giant
		The "Penydarren" (brainchild of Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick) became the first locomotive ever to haul a load on rails the nine and a half mile journey from Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon in Wales.
		Trevithick went on to try and manufacture a much larger steam road locomotive and on Christmas Eve, 1801, he used it to take seven friends on what was perhaps the very first "joy-ride".
		But, being the tenacious man he was, Richard Trevithick quickly found another benefactor in Samuel Homfray, the owner of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil.
	www.bbc.co.uk /insideout/southwest/series5/trevithic.shtml (815 words)

	1804-2004 - 200th Anniversary of Trevithick's Penydarren
		One of Trevithick's first self-propelled efforts was the Puffing Devil of 1801 (Image from http://www.stanleysteamers.com/turvey1.htm), but its success was hindered by an inability to make sufficient steam, and the poor condition of the roads - these early attempts ran on ordinary roads, not rails.
		Trevithick, though unquestionably a genius, was an inventor, not a businessman, and while he did much to publicize and promote his ideas for steam locomotion, he left it to others to translate the concepts into viable commercial products, and gained little more than brief fame for his efforts.
		Efforts by Trevithick's friends in 1828 to have him granted a pension by the House of Commons failed, and he died in poverty in 1833, though legends of his penniless death and burial in an unmarked pauper's grave are exaggerations.
	alphabetilately.com /trevithick.html (1522 words)

	The Cornish in Latin America
		By the age of 19 he was employed as a consulting engineer, the beginning of a remarkable career during which he pioneered the use of high pressure steam and increased the efficiency of the engines used to pump water from the subterranean depths of Cornwall's tin and copper mines.
		Trevithick was one of a handful of pioneers of the first industrial revolution.
		Trevithick arrived in Cornwall in 1827 with little to show for his 11 year absence and attempted to resume his engineering career without financial success.
	www.projects.ex.ac.uk /cornishlatin/Richardtrevithick.htm (815 words)

	Even Earlier on Cornwall CAM - Recent photographs
		Richard Trevithick was born in Illogan in 1771.
		Trevithick successfully constructed further steam locomotives running on rails and he is considered by many to be the inventor of the steam locomotive.
		Richard Trevithick is buried in an unmarked grave at Dartford, Kent, where he was working when he died in 1833.
	website.lineone.net /~cwinpenny/trevithick/280401Trevithick_Day.htm (405 words)

	Richard Trevithick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Richard Trevithick was the son of a mine engineer, and as a child would watch steam engine s pump water out of the deep tin and copper mine s which were common in Cornwall.
		As an adult, he set about improving upon the design of steam engines, by making smaller and lighter engines with stronger boiler s, which would generate higher steam pressures and therefore generate more power.
		Trevithick also built steamboat s, river dredger s and threshing machine s.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Richard_Trevithick.html (547 words)

	Richard Trevithick
		Richard Trevithick was born in 1771, he was the youngest of
		At first Richard didn't prove to be 'the brightest lamp in the street.' His schoolmaster once reported him as being "disobedient, obstinate and slow", but, by the age of 19 he was learning the ropes and became and engineer.
		Trevithick's locomotive employed the very important principle of turning the exhaust steam up the chimney, so producing a draft which drew the hot gases from the fire more powerfully through the boiler.
	www.alangeorge.co.uk /PenydarrenLocomotive.htm (674 words)

	Richard Trevithick 1803 London steam carriage. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Watt's rival, the mining engineer Richard Trevithick, was promoting the use of the new 'high pressure' steam engines which some, including Watt, considered to be dangerous and he had developed these to a stage where they had become lighter and more efficient than Watt's engines.
		During a trip on a subsequent evening, Trevithick and his colleague crashed the carriage into some house railings and as a result of this and lack of sales the vehicle was scrapped, the engine being sent to work in a mill making hoops for beer barrels.
		Trevithick diversified and went on to build the world's first railway locomotive but like many great innovators he was ahead of his time and despite a period in South America building pumps to drain silver mines he eventually died in poverty.
	www.brooklands.org.uk /Goodwood/g9828.htm (1048 words)

	The Open Door Web Site : History : The Industrial Revolution : The Development of the Steam Locomotive
		Richard Trevithick is said to be the 'father' of the steam locomotive.
		Richard Trevithick was born at Illogan, near Redruth in Cornwall.
		Trevithick is considered to be the true inventor of the steam locomotive.
	www.saburchill.com /history/chapters/IR/027.html (457 words)

	Richard Trevithick - Cornish History - The Magic of Cornwall
		Richard Trevithick was born in 1771 at Illogan, about a mile from the Dalcoath Mine.
		Richard Trevithick was not deterred by this minor setback and in 1802 he patented his ´London Road Carriage´ which ran several times in London where Trevithick had taken it in order to promote the invention.
		Trevithick´s innovation with this locomotive was to turn the exhaust steam up the chimney to produce a draught which drew the hot gases from the fire through the boiler with greater efficiency so producing a hotter flame.
	www.themagicofcornwall.com /Pages/history/trevithick.htm (1264 words)

	Camborne Trevithick Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Richard Trevithick was born in a cottage a mile or so from Dolcoath Mine, where his father was a mine Captain.
		Trevithick's inventive mind was never still - his ideas ranged from the first successful self-powered road vehicle, and a steam railway engine, to schemes for wreck salvage, land reclamation, mechanical refrigeration, agricultural machinery and for tunnelling under the Thames.
		Richard Trevithick is buried in an unmarked grave at Dartford, Kent, where he was working when he died.
	www.trevithick-day.org.uk (1344 words)

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