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1st Locomotive

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1814Date range
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Chronological records

1814

George Stephenson1814

Killingworth · Science / Technology

Stephenson designed his first locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blucher after the Prussian general Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher

Names involved

George Stephenson

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