William Chapman (1749-1832)
1812 William Chapman of Durham and his brother Edward W. Chapman of Wallsend, Northumberland, took out a patent for "a method or methods of facilitating the means, and reducing the expense, of carriage on railways and other roads;" [1] [2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineers and Mechanics Encyclopedia 1839: Railways: William and E. W. Chapman
- ↑ Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young. Published 1923.