Trevithick, Richard, (1771-1833), engineer

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Surname:	Trevithick
Forenames:	Richard
Gender:	Male
Date:	1771-1833
Biography:	ODNB link for Trevithick, Richard (1771-1833), engineer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P136990 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P28768 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Richard Trevithick

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	letter and account books	Science Museum Library and Archives		See On display in Motive Power Section, 5/64
2	1802-32: corresp and papers rel to Thames Driftway, Hayle Foundry, etc	Science Museum Library and Archives	quarterly list 31 3 1980	NRA 25394 Science Museum Lib
3	1802-28: letters (17) received on business matters	Science Museum Library and Archives		See Annual Return 1992
4	1815: letters received (9)	Science Museum Library and Archives	MS 347	See Annual Return 1993
5	papers	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	X1208	See Annual Return 2003
6	corresp with Davies Gilbert	Royal Cornwall Museum		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
7	1804-05: corresp with William Smith	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History	William Smith Archive/Boxes 1-2, 6 passim	NRA 42540 Smith
8	1949: Papers re the presentation to the borough of Bridgnorth, Shropshire on 17 November 1949, of a model of Trevithick's engine of 1805, anda plaque commemorating Trevithick and Rastrick	Science Museum Library and Archives	MS1015
9	1808-09: Papers and sketches re Thames Archway Company and association of Richard Trevithick with the project to build tunnel under the Thames	Science Museum Library and Archives	MS207