Transport & space · 1804

Steam locomotive

Trevithick puts a high-pressure steam engine on rails and hauls 10 tonnes of iron.

On 21 February 1804 Richard Trevithick's locomotive pulled 10 tonnes of iron and 70 men along the Penydarren tramway in Wales. High-pressure steam made the engine compact enough to move itself. Locomotives went on to cut overland freight costs by roughly 90 percent.

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