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Interest In Heritage
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 18 ก.พ. 2023
Industrial Archaeology, Pumping Stations, Historic Houses, Transport, basically anything of historic interest.
I'm Alan, I've been involved in the Heritage Sector, as a volunteer for over 15 years and am a Trustee of Westonzoyland Engine Trust, which runs Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum, nr Bridgwater, Somerset, est 1830.
I retired in 2018 and live on a Narrowboat in The Midlands, England. I have a You Tube channel "My Narrowboat Venture" which is about boating and for some years have included heritage related videos, but feel these would appeal to a wider audience if published on a separate channel. For this reason, I have set up Interest In Heritage. Initially, some of the videos I publish may have a boaty introduction but eventually they will be branded under Interest In Heritage.
I do hope you will support my channel and look forward to receiving your comments, suggestions and feedback.
Happy viewing.
PLEASE NOTE Some of my older videos may not have any narration.
I'm Alan, I've been involved in the Heritage Sector, as a volunteer for over 15 years and am a Trustee of Westonzoyland Engine Trust, which runs Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum, nr Bridgwater, Somerset, est 1830.
I retired in 2018 and live on a Narrowboat in The Midlands, England. I have a You Tube channel "My Narrowboat Venture" which is about boating and for some years have included heritage related videos, but feel these would appeal to a wider audience if published on a separate channel. For this reason, I have set up Interest In Heritage. Initially, some of the videos I publish may have a boaty introduction but eventually they will be branded under Interest In Heritage.
I do hope you will support my channel and look forward to receiving your comments, suggestions and feedback.
Happy viewing.
PLEASE NOTE Some of my older videos may not have any narration.
13. You Tube Name Change
I have decided to merge my You Tube channels, 'My Narrowboat Venture' and 'Interest In Heritage' into a single channel with the name of "My Narrowboat and Heritage Ventures".
In this episode, I explain the reasons for making this change. No action is needed by subscribers of 'My Narrowboat Venture' but subscribers to 'Interest In Heritage' will need to re-subscribe to 'My Narrowboat Venture / My Narrowboat and Heritage Ventures and I really hope you will do so.
Many thanks to you all, for your continued support, comments and encouragement.
Sally and I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, take care.
If you would like to buy me a cup of tea or make a one-off donation, please click here: paypal.me/mynarrowboatventure
In this episode, I explain the reasons for making this change. No action is needed by subscribers of 'My Narrowboat Venture' but subscribers to 'Interest In Heritage' will need to re-subscribe to 'My Narrowboat Venture / My Narrowboat and Heritage Ventures and I really hope you will do so.
Many thanks to you all, for your continued support, comments and encouragement.
Sally and I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year, take care.
If you would like to buy me a cup of tea or make a one-off donation, please click here: paypal.me/mynarrowboatventure
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12. Skipton Bus Running Day
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Buses galore at the 17th Yorkshire Dales Preserved Bus Running Day held on Sunday 8th October 2023 in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Features a variety of single and double decker buses of varying ages, sizes and colours at the Coach Street Car Park and Skipton Bus Station. Join me, as I take a ride on a single deck 1949 Leyland PS1 bus. My Facebook Channel: interestinheritage/ My Insta...
11. Fire On The Water
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Pyronaut is a specialised fire boat built in 1934 for use at Bristol Docks in the 200 year old Floating Harbour. It was able to fight ship and warehouse fires on the wharf side, aiding land borne appliances and was used extensively during the Bristol Blitz. She saw 40 years of service before being retired and was then sold on twice before being sold again in 1989 to Bristol City Museum, where i...
10. A Steaming First - Richard Trevithick
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Richard Trevithick, a Cornish inventor and mining engineer designed the world’s first steam loco in 1802, which was built by the Coalbrookdale Company of Telford, Shropshire. A working replica can be seen at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge, Telford. Visited on 14th September 2011 and 16th February 2022. The world's first iron bridge had been erected over the River Severn at Coalbrookdale...
9. Brinkburn Priory Northumberland
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Brinkburn Priory at Longframlington, near Morpeth, Northumberland is a Gothic style Augustinian priory dating back to the 12th Century. Alongside, is a 16th Century Manor House developed from the monastic buildings after the Dissolution in 1536, which has been much changed over the years. Both are now in the care of English Heritage, the Priory being in basic restored order, whilst the House is...
8. Specialist Tractor for Fruit Collecting
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Stanhay Orchard Tractor for collecting apple boxes, powered by a Landrover 2.6 straight 6 cylinder engine. Made in 1967 and registered for road use in 1969, it is capable of speeds up to 45mph. One of only two ever made, which spent its working life on a fruit farm in Sudbury, Suffolk working until 2008. Barn stored since then, changed hands in 2018 and again recently. Filmed at Westonzoyland P...
7. Fowler Ploughing Engines
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Featuring John Fowler & Co (Leeds) Ltd 1916 K7 Ploughing Engine ‘Linkey’. Works No.14257. Reg No.KE2494 filmed at the West Somerset Railway Association’s Steam Fayre and Vintage Rally on 6th August 2016. Plus bonus footage of 1921 Fowler BB type Works No.15529 Reg No.UA1876 at Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum, Somerset in May 2017. My Facebook Channel: interestinheritage/ My In...
6. Land Drainage Pump Norfolk
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Horsey Wind Pump is a land drainage pump, having its origins in the mid-1700s and was rebuilt in 1797 and 1912. Situated in the village of Horsey, Nr Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, it was used until 1943 when it was struck by lightning. Acquired by the National Trust in 1948, it was repaired in 1957. It was damaged again by the Great Gale of 1997, repaired, and then damaged again in 2014. Th...
5. The World's First Under Water Tunnel
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The Thames Tunnel, built between 1825 and 1843 was the first underwater tunnel in the world. It spans the River Thames between Rotherhithe and Wapping in the East End of London and introduced the Brunel family. Visit to the Brunel Museum on 11th March 2020. My Facebook Channel: interestinheritage/ My Instagram Channel: interestinheritage Thanks for watching and if yo...
4. Introducing Yorkshire Delights
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I introduce a video that can be watched on my boating channel, “My Narrowboat Venture” which I feel will be of interest to viewers. It shows visits made in North Yorkshire by my friend Sally and I, to an intriguing bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal; a Museum of Life; a beautifully restored railway station; and a magnificent railway viaduct. To watch, please follow this link: th-cam.com/...
3. Daventry Heritage Bus Rides and Running Day
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Heritage bus running day organised by Northampton Transport Heritage, held on 16th September 2023 under the banner of Daventry Heritage Bus Rides, as part of the annual Heritage Open Days festival, held in England between 8th and 17th September. Features a variety of single and double decker buses of varying ages, sizes and colours at the Market Square, Daventry in West Northamptonshire. My Fac...
2. Newport Transporter Bridge, South Wales
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This is a visit I made 10 years ago, to the Transporter Bridge on 12th July 2013, I hope you enjoy watching. The bridge opened on 12th September 1906 to link the residential district of Pillgwenlly, Newport on the West side of the River Usk with the main industrial area and docks on the East side. This type of bridge was chosen, as the tidal nature of the river prevented use of a ferry and it d...
1. Interest in Heritage Introductory Video
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Hi. My name is Alan, I've been involved in the Heritage Sector, as a volunteer for over 15 years and am a Trustee of Westonzoyland Engine Trust, which runs Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum near Bridgwater, Somerset, established 1830. I retired in 2018 and live on a Narrowboat in The Midlands, England. I have a You Tube channel about narrowboating entitled "My Narrowboat Venture" and for som...
Cap'n Dick, as he was known here in Cornwall was our hero. Not only was he famous for creating the first true railway locomotive, but was responsible for his 'Strong Steam' boiler, a type not seen before. It was the first boiler to contain the furnace flue through the middle, which heated the water all around, instead of just below, like the haycock design of former engineers. This enabled much higher steam pressure, making the Cornish pumping enigines of the time more efficient and economical, which was essential, as Cornwall had no Coal and had to be imported from South Wales. These boilers and the Cornish Beam Engines combined were the mainstay of Steam pumping and were built and sold all over the World. Richard Trevithick's original boiler design became the father of high pressure Steam!
Thanks for your comment Michael, Cornwall is one of my favoured areas. I’ve abandoned this You Tube channel and merged the topics with my Narrowboating channel now called, My Narrowboat and Heritage Ventures. I couldn’t get any traction on the channel, so felt it best not to pursue it. Cheers, all the best.
Something to note: Trevithick's engine was referred to at the time as "strong steam" or high pressure because it operated the piston above atmospheric pressure, instead of by condensing vacuum as used previously. But it was certainly not high pressure in the modern sense. It operated at about twice atmospheric, whereas modern steam engines (going back about 170 years or so) operate at up to 200 atmospheres or more.
@@keithammleter3824 I think you've confused atmospheres with pounds per square inch (psi). 200 psi became a pretty standard steam pressure for locomotives by the late 1890s and remained so until the end of the steam locomotive era, but 200 *atmospheres* (2,940 psi) is a ridiculously high pressure even today for a steam engine of any sort-it's just below the critical pressure of water, where the distinction of "water" vs. "steam" becomes meaningless! As for Trevithick, he was actually willing to run his engines at surprisingly high pressures for his time, if you believe his letters quoted in the biography of him written by his son Francis Trevithick. Twice atmospheric was more like a minimum for him; in a letter he wrote at the same time the Coalbrookdale engine was built, discussing one of his pump engines, he says that engine was built to run at anywhere from 4 to 10 atmospheres (60-145 psi), and the only reason he stopped at that upper level was because at that pressure the resulting strong draft his engine generated would make the boiler produce more steam than he could use! 145 psi would still be considered a high pressure until the late 1800s.
@@colindhowell The critical point for H2O is 705 F and 3,200 PSIG (374 C and 22,MPa). Modern steam engines run beyond the critical point because above the critical point because above this point H2O is a pure gas obeying the kinetic gas laws and is dry - that is contains no liquid. Engines operating beyond the critical point are more efficient. H2O taken beyond the critical point is referred to as "superheated" because if a boiler was taken beyond the critical point, then it could have no liquid water in it, and you have to have liquid somewhere. Thus to get superheated steam there must be heat added AFTER the H2O vapour (termed wet steam) has left the boiler. Look up superheating in steam engines. Modern steam plant operates around 1,000 F and around 4,000 PSIG (540 C and 28 MPa) - about 270 atmospheres.
@@keithammleter3824 Ah, I should have checked the usage in modern power stations before making my comment, I stand corrected. Thank you. Still, that's way beyond all but the most extreme experimental examples of steam locomotive usage; most did not exceed 300 psi. I've heard of superheating before, but superheating for steam locomotives, although it "dries" the steam (heats it well beyond saturation to prevent any condensation), still stays far below the critical point.
Penny-darren no Pen er darren The y is a definate article Head or ""Top of the Darren" valley
Not really the first one but the first one who operated.
Amazing structure and feat of engineering.....
Glad you enjoyed watching Neil.
You really cannot describe an invention as "World's first" if it never ran, and there is even doubt that it was completed. The first was indubitably the Pen-y-darren engine, also by Trevithick. Ironbridge Gorge have been selling this misinformation for many years.
I do mention the conflicting views about what happened, no one can be certain just what did go on in 1802, I also mention the Pen-y-Darren loco. Either way, Trevithick should have the credit.
@@InterestInHeritage Fair enough, I must have missed that. But that uncertainty means that Ironbridge make too much of it. I e ntirely agree that Trevithick should have the credit. If he had put his "Puffing Devil" on rails, which he could easily have done, there would have been no doubt. Hats off to the man!
@@malcolmrichards8922 Thanks for getting back to me. How about putting William Murdoch, and Cugnot into the fray for his road vehicle! They were ahead of Trevithick.
Loving this one as we live in Skipton now.......
Let’s hope it’s an annual event and will be on again next year.
Um actually, it's not as simple as a recreation of the original engine... th-cam.com/video/9zAc8XT2CD8/w-d-xo.html
That’s right, as there is uncertainty about Trevithick’s first loco and no one can be sure what actually happened 200 years ago.
Thanks Alan, if it's good for you then it's good for us. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Thank you for your ongoing support Stevie. All the best.
I'm , Rather we are with you Alan. Bob and Helen.
Thank you for your ongoing support. All the best.
The old buses Are always somthing else i grew up in Islington London & we had trolly buses running & then diesel took over. Take care Alan.
Hi Bob, I also grew up in Islington and remember the trolley buses well. All the best, cheers.
I think combining both channels into 1 is a good idea. To be honest, if you were talking about a subject I had never shown interest in then I would want to watch it if you were presenting it. I don't just follow you for the boating, but for you as a person who makes interesting, easy to understand, in depth and fun videos. You fit in well with TV viewing which includes Country House Gent, Narrowboat Pirate and Boat Time. Also, keep doing the "bye for now" outro like you have done on this video. Bye for now 👋👋👋👋 (Happy new year).
Thanks for your support and kind sentiment. There was more admin work in dealing with the two channels than I thought there would be, not on the video making side but switching between channels to answer comments and such like. It's good to know you have a wider interest than just the boating side, as I have more heritage footage at the moment. I hope you continue to enjoy watching, I like your choice of other channels. All the best.
Hi Alan. That would have been an amazing boat in it`s early & later years a nice boat. Take care & keep safe,
Hi Bob, it’s quite a spectacle to watch it in action. All the best and Happy New Year.
Well first up a Happy New Year and I hope success shines. Next I am not a subscriber, but for reasons unknown Google decided to show me this video. I know Google have a habit of watching my general enquiries on a variety of subjects and then bringing to my attention videos on TH-cam about those searched subjects. However although in the distant past I have seen some narrow boat videos, I do not actively subscribe to any. I am of the old school and I have only recently started taking digital videos. Most of my life since my early teens in the early 60s I became fascinated in photography and this is still apparent today. It was only in 1992 that I bought my first video camera a JVC camcorder using the compact VHS tapes. Its main purpose was to film my son from his birth and of holidays in Scotland. I still have a VHS tape recorder and virtually all have been copied to the digital format and now upgraded to Mpeg H.264 from my original DivX format. I too created a TH-cam channel 18 years ago but it does not contain anything worth talking about. I am subscribed to a wide selection of TH-cam channels because I spend most of my evenings watching these. I enjoy the variety and needless to say I will now join your new combined channel. Most of the channels I watch involve travel, seeing countries I have stayed in in the past or places I have never seen. I am based in Norfolk in my home city of Norwich but previously lived in the Scottish Highlands north of Inverness. So I do enjoy watching videos of UK in particular. I know that editing is demanding and I must admit that now unless I keep active with it, I forget the finer points on how to accomplish the techniques for the final production. Hence I am not active at the moment. Back in the early 2000s I had a Windows PC and used its software to create Photo Story, photos in video format. But in 2010 I moved to Apple Mac and I am still there today in a minor way. I spend most of my time using Android on tablets. Just very recently I wanted to check out my compact VHS tapes to locate some videos I never copied back in 2008. At that time I was using my VHS player coupled up with a Canopus digital converter to my Windows PC, but all that equipment has been long gone. So to complete my recent task I bought from Amazon a scart to HDMI converter for £6 and a HDMI to USB video capture card for £19. I decided to see if my latest Android tablet would be man enough to record this and using an app it performed just like my high end PC did to my delight. So you are not alone with the work you are doing for your channel. Good luck for the future.
Ok seen this on your narrow boat vlog. Stay safe and well
Thanks Hugh
No notification. Have subscribed. Glad your merging
Thanks Kat, the channel to be subscribed to, is My Narrowboat Venture, which will change to My Narrowboat and Heritage Ventures but you will not have to subscribe again.
Subscribed. But never go any notifications. Was black bell (all) Glad your merger is coming
It will be easier with the one channel going forward.
The worlds first working replica.
It’s the only working replica of this loco, though there is another very similar of the one built a few years later.
will Murdoc1781 1st loco trevithic got his idias from will Murdoc who built the first mechanicly propeled machine steampowered Murmurmurdoc ttfn&ty
There are many less well known inventors ahead of their time, as was Cugnot in France.
what are you talking about!? FIRST =STEVENSON !... noob!
You should get your facts right before being offensive!
Heron->Newcomen->Watt->Trevithick->Stephenson. More like 5th!
Nice coincidence, I happen to have a plastic model kit of it (1/38 scale).
I didn’t know a model was available.
@@InterestInHeritage It's from Minicraft. I just checked some more and the model was 1st released somewhere in the 70's by Gakken, my version is from 1996 by Minicraft.
@@renefrijhoff2484 Thanks for letting me know.
Respect.
Thank you!
Alan. This really cheered me up being a confirmed Bus and Truck man. The Albion was a dream. Just getting over a bug so this has made my day. Very well done .Bob and Helen.
I hope you’re much better now Bob. I enjoy Bus Running Days, not done any for years and managed two this year. All the best, hope you both have a great Christmas.
So much fun. It is amazing to me that many OLD UK buses look so much like our CURRENT buses. As far as bus design goes - we are well behind the curve. Some of the ones here were very similar to ones my husband used to take in Coventry to get to school. We are really enjoying your heritage videos!
Hi Justine, thank you so much for commenting and your appreciation of the channel. The basic outline of a bus hasn’t really changed but now one man operation, doors, cctv, hydraulics to lower and raise, greater capacity, are all changes that have come over the years.
Minor error. The book is not in print but I ordered a second hand copy.
There is a small book, The Penydarren Locomotive by Stuart Owen Jones. Still in print, and, because I have just watched this have purchased a copy off Amazon. Lost my copy many years ago.. Explains the history and route. Quite a lot of the southern part of the tramway route can still be walked (about 4 miles). Further north is a small tunnel that the tram line went through.. Cannot walk through it now as it is sealed but it has painted murals celebrating the journey. I was brought up 6 miles from Abercynon and walked it a few times. To my mind. While Napoleon was bloodily strutting his military forces destructively across Europe real history was being made in the valleys of South Wales.
That was very interesting thank you for that.
Even better is Merthyr tunnel. Used to walk through it regularly as a youngster. 1 1/3 miles long constructed by Brunel. On the hill slopes above western portal are the remains of navvies stone built huts. Do not know if the tunnel can be entered now as it is regularly sealed up until someone manages to batter a way through @@InterestInHeritage
Great stuff Alan, some wonderful engine sounds. Who owns all the busses, individuals or parts of collections?
Thank you Andy. The buses are owned by private individuals, bus groups and some by operating companies, a real mix.
Those are really neat buses. That would be very great look at all the different buses, and how they drive. Love the different engine sounds of each bus.
It's the engine sounds that always get me, a reminder of travelling to school on London's buses. There are so many different coachwork companies, that bodies/seat layouts vary a lot between different bus operating companies.
Thanks Alan for these fantastic views of all the old buses, some types were ones that I travelled to and from school in the 1960s. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Likewise Stevie, for me it was the London Transport buses. Glad it brought back some memories, hopefully good ones. All the best, keep safe.
Very nice vlog Alan we went to a open day a few years ago on the RHDR at Romney there a great day out, went to an open day this year not far from Mablethorpe lf you ever get into Manchester visit the bus museum at the old Queens Road garage takecare Rob.😊
Thank you Rob, I've always enjoyed bus running days and was once a member of a bus society. Manchester is somewhere I never go, as I've had no need to go there, but I'll certainly remember about the bus museum. Cheers
I learned in America that it was invented by a black guy in Kenya!
Well sounds likevpublic shools in the US .
Cheers Alan, the vintage buses have so much more character than today’s vehicles. I can’t see there being much interest in the ones I currently drive when they classify as vintage.
Hi Paul. I think there may be interest from those youngsters that travel on them today. I don’t think you’ve mentioned before about driving buses, I always thought that was an interesting job when there was two person operation. Cheers
@@InterestInHeritage yes I’m sure it was. I’ve been driving them for 25 years now. I have driven some of the models shown in this vlog 👍
@@paulturner7837 That's very interesting to know, it must give you great satisfaction, and to be part of a very useful and important public service, so let me thank you for once. All the best.
Looked like a really good day out. Would have liked to go.
It was great fun, wish we had time for more rides.
I really like the channel showing the different styles and eras. Watch occasionally another channel called Pete's Bus, I think. A suggestion would be to possibly slow the opening montage pace a bit. It seems a bit fast-paced to me.
Thanks very much. I understand what you’re saying. It’s fast paced to fit the intro music, if the images were shown for a longer period, there would be fewer of them. They’re meant to give a flavour of the channel. Cheers, thanks for commenting.
Many thanks Alan, brought back so many memories, school buses, and the Royal Blues passing through. Take care.
Thanks Christine, glad you enjoyed watching. My memories are of London Transport buses, all the best.
Thanks for another interesting video. We are wondering if the busses are part of a museum, privately owned, or perhaps owned by members of a club? It is wonderful to see them preserved and enjoyed. Warmest regards, Bill and Alice in Idaho USA
Hi Bill and Alice. I’m glad you enjoyed watching. Most of the buses are privately owned, some will be group owned, some might be operator owned. I’ve always enjoyed a classic bus running day. All the best, take care.
Looks like a fun day out. When I was a wee boy my aunts took me into Glasgow to ride on the last tram run.
Sally and I really enjoyed it. That must have been quite exciting, especially when looking back.
I do look back on this as one of my best memories @@InterestInHeritage
A memory well worth keeping! @@hughcarson6837
Alan thank you for taking me along to see the vintage busses and your choice of music was perfect. Hope you are having a good holiday season. Be safe and healthy
Thank you Ginger, glad you enjoyed watching. All is good thanks, hope you’re keeping well, take care.
Evening Alan, what a gloriously nostalgic sight, to see all of those beautiful old buses. I kept thinking that James Herriot was going to get on or off. Lovely video...🍷🍷
Evening Steve, I love these bus running days and I’ve managed two this year. The Leyland Lion is used in the current All Creatures Series. All the best🥂
You can just see bus, trundling through the Dales, glorious! Cheers Alan..🍷🍷
@@stevehoare6378A lovely sight, red against a green background.
Looks like it was a great day out. Fantastic old buses.
It certainly was, shame we didn't have more time to travel on the buses.
0:32 - Hi Alan - just found this thread for the first time - good to see WZLET! (Harold)
Hi Harold, good to hear from you, hope all well.
Absolutely agree with your statement that it all started with Trevithick. Here is yet another instance of the first in the field not prospering form it ultimately. Died a pauper apparently.
I think some early inventors didn’t realise or appreciate the effect their achievements would have on the world. Trevithick was a sad example.
if i’m not mistaken they also had steam powered first subway 🚇 built along this era.
That’s right. The London Underground was steam powered but that came 60 years later.
Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice engine.
That's very good of you, thank you.
My impression is that Richard Trevithick did too many things at the same time, steam powered cranes and carriages and trains, thus none of his constructions were fully developed and kept stuck in some kind of demonstration piece state.
That seems a good way of putting it, hence why he's less well known.
It had a sister in merthyr tidal in Wales called Pen Y Daren this one actually ran on rails the Coalbrookdale engine was de- wheeled & used as a static engine.
There is doubt as to how much the Coalbrookdale engine was used and even if it ran at all, as a workman was killed, whch rather put a dampener on things.
This is a replica of the second the fuck you on about
Having the cylinder and firebox next to each other would have been a challenge!
Very much so, as very dangerous for the fireman.
Not lesser known in Cornwall! He also made "Catch Me Who Can" a demonstration passenger loco which he showed in London in 1808
Lesser known by the general public who have Stevenson in mind as creator of the first steam loco. Sadly, this was the last of his 4 locos.
Saw a working replica at Waterside museum in Swansea on several occasions. I was advised the Coalbrookdale replica is 7/8 scale.
Hi John, the working museum engine is a replica of Trevithick's second loco. I hadn't heard about the Coalbrookdale engine not being full size.
Years ago my GF lived in Merthyr Tydfil. We used to walk along the track of the Pen Y Darren (spelling?) tramway and there were still fragments of the cast iron plate rails. On of the streets in Merthyr was still called "The Tram Road".
That’s interesting, would have thought from that long ago, the rails would be long gone. Cheers