Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate

The Fenian movement was still causing the British Government problems

Oval surround with decorative acanthus top

A night scene

Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Sharon TateBlenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1814. From Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker, 1814. Mining engineer and inventor John Blenkinsop (1783 1831) designed the first practicable steam locomotive, the 'Salamanca', in 1812. It operated by means of a rack and pinion system. Richard Trevithick had built a steam locomotive in 1805 for Wylam colliery, but it had been too heavy for the cast iron rails it was meant