Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,717 pages of information and 247,131 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
"The first entirely new locomotive engine constructed at Crewe was completed on February 20th 1845, and was No. 49 Columbine, a 6ft passenger engine. This engine had been preserved at Crewe and is now to be seen at Wembley (1925), and it bears a plate affixed to it, stating that F. H. Trevithick was then chief mechanical engineer of the Grand Junction Railway. From The Engineer 1925/06/05
Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2025 by Grace's Guide Ltd. The text of this web site is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
MW1.43