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William Chapman (1749-1832)

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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]

1814 A locomotive on eight wheels built for him by Phineas Crowther and it worked on the Lambton Colliery line in the following year. [3]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Engineers and Mechanics Encyclopedia 1839: Railways: William and E. W. Chapman
  2. ↑ Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young. Published 1923.
  3. ↑ Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young. Published 1923.
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