Penydarren tramroad
railway, United Kingdom
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development of steam locomotion
- In history of technology: Steam engines
…successful steam locomotive for the Penydarren tramroad in South Wales in 1804. The success, however, was technological rather than commercial because the locomotive fractured the cast iron track of the tramway: the age of the railroad had to await further development both of the permanent way and of the locomotive.
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