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Matthew Murray
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Matthew Murray was an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, the twin-cylinder Salamanca in 1812. He was an innovati
Matthew Murray
Matthew Murray
Technical drawing of a 4hp steam engine by Fenton, Murray & Wood, 1802. "Applied to a mill for grinding bark", by Joseph Wilson Lowry, after John Fare
Technical drawing of a 4hp steam engine by Fenton, Murray & Wood, 1802. "Applied to a mill for grinding bark", by Joseph Wilson Lowry, after John Farey
The Collier, aquatint by Robert Havell after George Walker, published in 1814, from Costumes of Yorkshire, showing Blenkinsop's rack locomotive Salama
The Collier, aquatint by Robert Havell after George Walker, published in 1814, from Costumes of Yorkshire, showing Blenkinsop's rack locomotive Salamanca on the Middleton Railway. The image features the earliest known representation of a steam train.
A memorial to Matthew Murray in Holbeck, Leeds
A memorial to Matthew Murray in Holbeck, Leeds
Richard Trevithick
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Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an earl
Matthew Murray
…twin-cylinder steam locomotive (Salamanca). This was the first commercially successful steam locomotive. The double cylinder was Murray's invention; he paid Richard Trevithick a royalty for the use of his patented high pressure steam system, but improved upon it, using two cylinders rather than one to give a smoother drive…
Portrait by John Linnell, 1816 (Science Museum, London)
Portrait by John Linnell, 1816 (Science Museum, London)
Camborne Hill street name and plaque commemorating Trevithick's steam carriage demonstration in 1801
Camborne Hill street name and plaque commemorating Trevithick's steam carriage demonstration in 1801
A drawing of the Coalbrookdale locomotive from the Science Museum
A drawing of the Coalbrookdale locomotive from the Science Museum
The London Steam Carriage, by Trevithick and Vivian, demonstrated in London in 1803
The London Steam Carriage, by Trevithick and Vivian, demonstrated in London in 1803