Other sites with information about Richard Trevithcik
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There is a planned celebration to commemorate the bi-centenary of Richard Trevithick's historic journey with the "Penydarren" locomotive on 21st February 1804.
Find out about it at this website.
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The Trevithick Society, the oldest industrial preservation society in the world, and its work in Cornwall and elsewhere.
The Trevithick Society built a 2001 replica of Richard Trevithick's 1801 road carriage. You can find out more about it on their web site, which also has a good collection of other information about Trevithick and the society.
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A site dedicated to Old Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. This site holds an on-line collection of historical postcards and photographs of the area. Of particular note to visitors of this site is a section on there about Trevithick and about the Penydarren Locomotive.
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The Friends of Trevithick society used to run the replica of Trevithick's Coalbrookdale locomotive for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust at the Ironbridge Power Station. Their current project is Timothy Hackworth's Sans Pareil.
The Coalbrookdale is now at Blist's Hill Victorian Town site where it is operated by museum staff.
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This replica of Trevithick's 1802 Coalbrookdale locomotive is at the Ironbridge Power Station, Telford, Shropshire. It is time tabled to run in the summer season and visited Camborne Trevithick-Day in 1997.
It is hoped that the Coalbrookdale engine can be braught down for Trevithick-Day celebrations again in the future.
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This company develops and realises multimedia concepts for exhibitions and produces audio-visual media for museums, memorials, television stations and other clients from the culture and media sectors.
They have produced an educational DVD on the industrial revolution in Great Britain, which Richard Trevithick features in.
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Trevithick's High-Pressure Engine c1806
This small example, the only nearly-complete one known to have survived, was built by Trevithick's favorite maker.
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Part of the Spartacus website.
A good history, detailing some of Trevithick's achievements along with several pictures.
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