Yates and Smith
Yates and Smith of Colchester Street, Whitechapel, London
1834 July 1st. Steam carriage invented and made and commenced first trial
On the 1st of July, 1834, a steam carriage, on a new principle, invented and made by Messrs. Yates and Smith, started from their factory, Colchester Street, Whitechapel, London, on its first trial. It ran up Whitechapel Lane, along High Street, and returned down Red Lion street and Leman Street to the factory, at the rate of 10 or 12 miles an hour. The exhaust pipe joint broke when running over the rough paving. When repaired the makers took the carriage for a trip on the Brighton Road. The engines were of the vibrating type, working in horizontal framing. The coach was similar to an ordinary stage coach. [1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Steam Locomotion on Common Roads by William Fletcher. Published 1891.