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March 24, 1802 - Richard Trevithick took out his first patent, for the first full sized road locomotive;
December 24, 1801 - demonstrated it to the public, successfully carried a number of men up Beacon Hill;
February 21, 1804 - tested first self-propelling steam engine or steam locomotive to run on rails at the Peny-Darren ironworks on its normally horse-drawn tramline; able to pull a load of 15 tons at a speed of about 5 mph; adhesion was a problem as the iron wheels slipped on the iron rails, cast-iron rails of the tramways not strong enough to support the weight of new machine, experiment abandoned.
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Met Trevithicks eerste wegvoertuig met hoge-drukstoom werd op kerstavond van 1801 proefgereden. Trevithicks tweede stoomrijtuig werd twee jaar later in Londen vervaardigd. Het voertuig maakte diverse geslaagde lange ritten door Londen. Maar niemand, zelfs de kranten niet, schijnt enige notitie te habben genomen van deze opmerkelijke verrichting. Hierna werkte Trevithick niet meer een wegvoertuigen.
Boek: Grote Uitvindingen - ISBN90-10-01933-0 - wettelijk depot D/1978/0199/101, blz. 61
Trevithick bouwde rond 1800 een primitieve stoomauto, the Puffing Devil. Op kerstavond 1801 maakte hij met zeven vrienden de allereerste autorit uit de geschiedenis. Geen succes, maar dat was niet Trevithicks schuld.
De toenmalige wegen waren zo slecht dat de stoomauto kapot dokkerde.
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