Trevithick Memorial Set In Wall Beside Road, Opposite Nos. 33 And 35 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Trevithick Memorial Set In Wall Beside Road, Opposite Nos. 33 And 35
- WRENN ID
- scarred-bastion-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CAMBORNE TEHIDY ROAD SW 64 SW (east side) 4/91 Trevithick Memorial set in wall beside road, opposite Nos.33 and 35 II
Wall plaque set up in 1919 to commemorate the site where Richard Trevithick assembled and began the first trial run of the first locomotive in 1801. Bronze plaque in chamfered granite ashlar frame. Landscape- format rectangle approx. 1/2 metre wide, with a picture of the locomotive in relief, and a raised inscription:- IN MEMORY OF RICHARD TREVITHICK TO COMMEMORATE THE SITE WHERE THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE WAS ASSEMBLED BY HIM AND FROM WHERE IT WAS STARTED ON ITS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RUN TO BEACON HILL CHRISTMAS EVE 1801 ALSO NEAR THIS SPOT WAS THE ONCE FAMOUS WELL OF ST MERIADOC SUPPOSED TO POSSESS HEALING QUALITIES OF GREAT VIRTUE PEACE DAY JULY 19TH 1919
Listing NGR: SW6464440470
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