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40th TREVITHICK DAY A GREAT SUCCESS

he Georgian engineer is remembered for pioneering the use of high pressure steam and producing the first rail steam locomotive, amongst many other achievements. That first year a parade was lead by dancers; local dignitaries were followed by David Solomon & Son’s 1919 Clayton & Shuttleworth compound traction engine No. 48279 ; those were the days.

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