Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (born 1771)

Richard Trevithick

British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833)

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 early age. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, and…