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Welsh history and its sources
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Trevithick's steam locomotive

In 1802 Richard Trevithick built a steam engine at Penydarren Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil. In 1804 this was mounted on a carriage with wheels and successfully pulled 5 wagons of iron along the tramroad from Penydarren to Abercynon.

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