10. A Steaming First - Richard Trevithick 

Richard Trevithick, a Cornish inventor and mining engineer designed the world’s first steam loco in 1802, which was built by the Coalbrookdale Company of Telford, Shropshire. A working replica can be seen at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge, Telford. Visited on 14th September 2011 and 16th February 2022.
The world's first iron bridge had been erected over the River Severn at Coalbrookdale in 1779, an area considered to be the birthplace of the industrial revolution.
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