Penydarren Locomotive - Carfarthfa Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

Penydarren, near Merthyr Tydfil was the site where the World's first Steam Engine, pulled a train along rails. This non working exact replica, is located at the former home of the Iron Master, who bought the Penydarren locomotive to use in his Iron Works.

List of Richard Trevithick's Worlds firsts; (visit link)

The Penydarren loco.
"On 21 February 1804, the world's first ever railway journey ran 9 miles from the ironworks at Penydarren to the Merthyr-Cardiff Canal, South Wales. It was to be several years before steam locomotion became commercially viable, meaning Richard Trevithick and not George Stephenson was the real father of the railways." Text Source; (visit link)

Where is original located?: Trevithick's original documents and plans (now in the National Museum of Science and Industry). Where is this replica located?: Cyfarthfa Park Museum Who created the original?: Richard Trevithick Internet Link about Original: http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/PenydarrenLocomotive.htm Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1804

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