An old engraving showing a side and above view of Richard Trevithick’s steam carriage of 1803. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The London Steam Carriage was an early high-pressure, steam-powered road vehicle constructed by Trevithick (1771–1833) and patented in 1802. The next year the ‘London Steam Carriage’ was driven about 10 miles (16 km) through the streets of London, with seven or eight passengers, at a speed of 4–9 mph, the streets having been closed to other traffic. Later Trevithick and a colleague crashed the carriage and it was scrapped.
An old engraving showing a side and above view of Richard Trevithick’s steam carriage of 1803. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The London Steam Carriage was an early high-pressure, steam-powered road vehicle constructed by Trevithick (1771–1833) and patented in 1802. The next year the ‘London Steam Carriage’ was driven about 10 miles (16 km) through the streets of London, with seven or eight passengers, at a speed of 4–9 mph, the streets having been closed to other traffic. Later Trevithick and a colleague crashed the carriage into some railings and, along with a lack of interest by potential investors, it was eventually scrapped.
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Location: London, England, UK
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License: Licensed
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