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30 relations: Adhesion railway, Butterley Company, Christopher Blackett, Colliery viewer, Edinburgh, England, Flued boiler, John Blenkinsop, Lanchester, County Durham, Leeds, London, Matthew Murray, Middleton Railway, National Museum of Scotland, Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, Pinion, Puffing Billy (locomotive), Rack railway, Rail transport, Richard Trevithick, Salamanca (locomotive), Science Museum, London, Steam Horse locomotive, Steam locomotive, Timothy Hackworth, United Kingdom, Wagonway, Wylam, Wylam Dilly.
Adhesion railway
An adhesion railway relies on adhesion traction to move the train.
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Butterley Company
The Butterley Company was an English manufacturing firm founded as Benjamin Outram and Company in 1790.
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Christopher Blackett
Christopher Blackett (1751 – 25 January 1829) owned the Northumberland colliery at Wylam that built Puffing Billy, the first commercial adhesion steam locomotive.
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Colliery viewer
A colliery viewer or coal viewer was the manager of a coal mine or colliery.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Flued boiler
A shell or flued boiler is an early and relatively simple form of boiler used to make steam, usually for the purpose of driving a steam engine.
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John Blenkinsop
John Blenkinsop (1783 – 22 January 1831) was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive.
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Lanchester, County Durham
Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, and was in the former district of Derwentside (1975–2009).
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Leeds
Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Matthew Murray
Matthew Murray (1765 – 20 February 1826) 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.
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Middleton Railway
The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working public railway, situated in the English city of Leeds.
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National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Museum (so renamed in 1995), with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
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Newburn
Newburn is a semi rural village, parish, electoral ward and former urban district in western Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East England.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.
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Pinion
A pinion is a round gear—usually to the smaller of two meshed gears—used in several applications, including drivetrain and rack and pinion systems.
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Puffing Billy (locomotive)
Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive,.
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Rack railway
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.
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Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
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Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England.
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Salamanca (locomotive)
Salamanca was the first commercially successful steam locomotive, built in 1812 by Matthew Murray of Holbeck, for the edge railed Middleton Railway between Middleton and Leeds.
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Science Museum, London
The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London.
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Steam Horse locomotive
The Steam Horse was constructed by the Butterley Company in Derbyshire in 1813 by William Brunton (1777–1851).
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Timothy Hackworth
Timothy Hackworth (22 December 1786 – 7 July 1850) was a steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Wagonway
Wagonways (or Waggonways) consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways.
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Wylam
Wylam is a small village about west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Wylam Dilly
Wylam Dilly is the second oldest surviving railway locomotive in the world; it was built circa 1815 by William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam colliery, west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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References
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