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Locomotive: Steam Elephant

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Exhibit at Beamish Museum.
Exhibit at Beamish Museum.

Designed by John Buddle and William Chapman in 1815.

Some of the mechanical parts were supplied by Hawks, Crawshay and Sons.[1]

A working replica can be seen at Beamish Museum.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 'The Ironworks of Hawks Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead: 1748–1889' by Robert W. Rennison & Austin W. Scott, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 78:1, 127-157.
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