World's first Steam locomotive, Penydarran developed by Richard Trevithick was successfully put into service on this day (21-Feb) in the year 1804...
On that day, the locomotive pulled 10-ton load of Iron and approximately 70 men over a distance of 9 miles... And, this was the first documented demonstration that a Steam engine could travel on iron rails and pull a load...
Great Britain's Royal Mail paid tributes to the important development and advancement of the Industrial revolution with the release of a non-denominated first-class postage stamp in the year 2021...
This stamp can be collected under the themes:
(a) Locomotives...
(b) Steam locomotives...
(c) Transport...
(d) Inventions...
(e) Industrial revolution...
(f) Science and Technology...
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