Sujet
A lap of honour for Trevithick's portable steam engine, London, 1808. Artist: Unknown
Légende
A lap of honour for Trevithick's portable steam engine, London, 1808. In 1803 Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick designed the first self-propelled steam-powered vehicle, the 'London Steam Carriage', which he exhibited in London, driving it along the road from Holborn to Paddington and back. In 1808 he built a locomotive which he christened 'Catch me who can', charging a shilling admission to people to watch it run on a circular track in Bloomsbury (Trevithick's Steam Circus).
Date
1968
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives
Notre référence
HRM19D70_152
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,1Mo) / 39,6cm x 31,6cm / 4680 x 3735 (300dpi)