tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post7897858025244576806..comments2024-03-29T07:54:12.874+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: Richard Trevithick- a forgotten giant of the Industrial RevolutionMEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-84097006368111476662016-04-22T21:34:49.996+01:002016-04-22T21:34:49.996+01:00As a Cornish person, born in the same town (Redrut...As a Cornish person, born in the same town (Redruth) as Trevithick, I am fed up with the media's ignorance of the fact that he was the true inventor of the steam locomotive, and not Stephenson. Trevithick pioneered the use of high pressure steam, without this, the modern steam locomotive could not exist. Historians, please put the record straight! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00745218130962782109noreply@blogger.com