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Richard Trevithick

Tregajorran, Cornwall, 1771 - Dartford, Kent, 1833
British inventor and mining engineer
(Wikipedia)

Leonard Merrifield
1933

Description

Commemorative plaque with portrait medaillon and relief of Trevithick's steam locomotive.

London - Richard Trevithick

Inscription(s)

[portrait]

close to this place
RICHARD TREVITHICK
born 1771-died 1833
PIONEER OF
HIGH PRESSURE STEAM
ran in the year 1808 the
first steam locomotive
to draw passengers

[steam locomotive]

erected by
the trevithick centenary
memorial committee

Sculptor

Leonard Stanford Merrifield (1880-1943), British sculptor (biography).

Sources & Information

Plaques of London, Richard Trevithick.
Andrew Kershman, London's Monuments (London: Metro Publ., 2013), p. 246.
Peter Matthews, London's Statues and Monuments (Botley: Shire, 2012), p. 178-179.

Locatie (N 51°31'26" - W 0°8'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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