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Death of 'Trailblazing Georgian' Richard Trevithick

22nd April 1833

Richard Trevithick died on 22 April 1833 in Dartford in Kent. Despite building the first working railway steam locomotive, Trevithick would sadly die destitute, and his work colleagues had to raise funds for his burial.


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