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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