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carnkie
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"skippy" wrote:

Thanks for enlightening me folks.. I shall go take some photos of the remains of the foundry (or what I understand them to be anyway..)

As you no doubt know already this where they should be.

St Leonards Church
The Town Hall, once a barn, is of timber frame construction with sandstone arches for support. However due to the softness of the stone, the arches were encased with brick during g a major renovation in 1887. This was carried out as a memorial to the jubilee of Queen Victoria, mention of this can be found at the top of the steps.
Because the Civil War destroyed most of St Leonard's Church, it was rebuilt in pieces and the tower is supposed to be a copy of the original, dating from 1488, however this sandstone structure is probably more Victorian at present.
The bridge was first built in the Middle Ages and then rebuilt many times with Thomas Telford putting his mark on it with his design in 1823.
The Bridge
If you walk along the bridge and then the river bank path to the left you will come to the site of the old Hazeldine Foundry near the Severn Park. It was here that the first passenger steam locomotive was built in 1808. There is a memorial to this feat on the tower on the bridge.

Got slightly interested reading about old Trev. again. 😉

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carnkie
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#42

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I have to say - these forum members are a highly intelligent lot - I've learned a lot today about a little known local phenomenon here in Bridgnorth - only a mile from me up the river.. What a pity the local council don't do something a bit more entrepreneurial about it.. Mind you - they did have the stupidity to refuse funding to the Bridgnorth Folk Festival, which doubled in size every year, and is now being held in Shrewsbury, to the delight of that council, who are a bit more intelligent...
Thanks for enlightening me folks.. I shall go take some photos of the remains of the foundry (or what I understand them to be anyway..)

Reading a bit more of Trevithick's correspondence since then (need keep it short as going out) but he had quite extensive dealings with Hazeldine and Rastrick concerning all sorts of projects. Castings for ploughing engines, agricultural engines for the West Indies, engines for Lima, Peru and Spain. It does indeed appear to be a quite important foundry.

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Mr.C
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17 years ago

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Hope I've not duplicated info here but there's a rather splendid repliqer of Trevithicks rail loco at Blists Hill that's occasionaly in steam.
I first learned of Cap't Dick about 25yrs back when staying in the Royal Bull & Victoria Hotel in Dartford. There's a plaque on the wall that says (something like) Richard Trevithick inventor of the steam locomotive died here. Like most folk I thought it was James Watt - I read up on it & have had Trevithick as a "hero" ever since!

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Roy Morton
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17 years ago

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I saw this in our local free rag.
So which engine is this...Dare I ask ::)
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thorpey
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17 years ago

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sorry if this is a repeat but there is a replica of a Trevithick loco in telford station but i can not remember wich one i think it might be of the penydarren loco.
Thorpey

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AR
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17 years ago

#46

"Mr.C" wrote:

I first learned of Cap't Dick about 25yrs back when staying in the Royal Bull & Victoria Hotel in Dartford. There's a plaque on the wall that says (something like) Richard Trevithick inventor of the steam locomotive died here. Like most folk I thought it was James Watt - I read up on it & have had Trevithick as a "hero" ever since!

I had a row with a pub quizmaster once over what was the first steam railway locomotive - they said it was Stevenson's Rocket, but backed down after I cited who, where and when and offered to put money on it....

I think we all get told at school that James Watt invented the steam engine after watching a kettle, rather than the truth that he found a way to significantly improve Newcomen's steam engine, which in turn was inspired by Savery's engine.....

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JR
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17 years ago

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James Watt firmly believed Richard Trevithick to be an irresponsible madman who should be prosecuted for experimenting with "high pressure steam" (all of 25lbs/sq. inch). Watts engines where 'atmospheric engines'. (Still I don't suppose having your boiler blow up outside the pub would do Trevithick's reputation for measured sobriety any great good really). 😮

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carnkie
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17 years ago

#48

"jr48" wrote:
James Watt firmly believed Richard Trevithick to be an irresponsible madman who should be prosecuted for experimenting with "high pressure steam" (all of 25lbs/sq. inch).

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He probably had good reasons. Boulton and Watt had built into the contracts governing the use of their engines a clause to the effect that they were to be paid one third of the saving of coal each year. As Watt’s original patent had been extended for twenty five years in 1775 , the mines were obliged to pay this until 1800. This is the Trevithick engine.

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carnkie
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17 years ago

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"Roy Morton" wrote:
I saw this in our local free rag.
So which engine is this...Dare I ask ::)
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Sure it's not the innards of a Rolex Roy? 😉

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