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Francis Trevithick
1812–1877
A Victorian railway engineer from a remarkable engineering family, he spent much of his career with the London and North Western Railway and later wrote a memoir of his father, the pioneering inventor Richard Trevithick.
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Life of Richard Trevithick, with an Account of His Inventions. Volume 2 (of 2)
by Francis Trevithick
About the author
Born in 1812, Francis Trevithick was the son of the celebrated engineer Richard Trevithick. He built his own career in railways during the great age of steam and became known as a locomotive engineer.
He worked for the London and North Western Railway and was associated with Crewe, one of the major centers of British locomotive building in the 19th century. Alongside his engineering work, he helped preserve family history by writing a biography of his father, which was published in 1872.
Trevithick died in Penzance on October 27, 1877. Today he is remembered both for his own railway career and for recording the life of one of the key figures in early steam engineering.