N 1804, Richard Trevithick pioneered steam traction that was mobile on metal rails. Wagonways had been used since the 1700s to feed mines and other industries using primitive, horse-drawn trucks on wooden rails, but Trevithick revolutionised this procedure with his steam-driven railway. Static steam boilers already existed to pump water, and drive mills and coal mines, but with wheels and the ability to pull loaded wagons, here was a different use for the steam engine. Trevithick
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