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  • Pen and ink drawing of Richard Trevithick's Railroad in Euston Square.
'Catch me who can' by Thomas Rowlandson, 1809
  • This model of Richard Trevithick's 'Penydarren' locomotive of 1804 was made by apprentices at Hoover in 1974 and subsequently restored by D. & A. Sturgeon in 1996.
Model of Trevithick's 'Penydarren' engine, 1804
  • This statuette of Richard Trevithick holding a model of his 'Camborne' road vehicle was created as preparation for a full-sized memorial to the engineer to be erected in Merthyr Tydfil.
Statuette of Richard Trevithick, locomotive pioneer
  • Taken from: Pedler, F. J. (1930)
Map of Merthyr Tydfil, c. 1830
Glamorganshire Canal running through Abercanaid, 1884 [page 2, image 3 of 19]
Glamorganshire Canal running through Ynys-y-Gored and Abervan Locks, 1884 [page 3, image 4 of 19]