Puffing Billy (locomotive)
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Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, constructed in 1813–1814 by William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the
Puffing Billy as seen from the front
Eight-coupled form
Final four-wheeled form, in 1862
Current appearance in its present location, in 2011
Science Museum, London
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The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025.
Puffing Billy (locomotive)
…in service until 1862, when Edward Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery, lent it to the Patent Office Museum in South Kensington, London (later the Science Museum). He later sold it to the museum for £200. It is still on display there. Its sister locomotive, Wylam Dilly, is preserved in the National Museum of…
The Science Museum
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