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John Blenkinsop (1783 – 22 January 1831) was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. [1] He was born in Felling, County Durham, the son of a stonemason and was apprenticed to his cousin, Thomas Barnes, a Northumberland coal viewer.
John Blenkinsop (born 1783, near Leeds, Yorkshire [now West Yorkshire], Eng.—died Jan. 22, 1831, Leeds) was an English inventor, designer of the first practical and successful railway locomotive. Blenkinsop’s two-cylinder, geared steam locomotive utilized the tooth-rack rail system of propulsion.
Apr 24, 2020 · John Blenkinsop: The Basics. Anthony Dawson. 7.72K subscribers. Subscribed. 337. 5.9K views 3 years ago. The City of Leeds in West Yorkshire was once home to the largest number of railway ...
John Blenkinsop, the manager of Middleton Colliery, wanted a cheaper way to transport coal from the colliery into the city.
John Blenkinsop was the manager of Middleton Colliery. Blenkinsop wanted to find a way of reducing the cost of transporting coal to the nearby town of Leeds. In 1811 Blenkinsop joined forces with Matthew Murray, an engineer from Leeds to produce a locomotive for the colliery.
John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) was a British mining engineer and an inventor in the area of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. 1783 He was born near Leeds, and was apprenticed to his cousin, Thomas Barnes, the Northumberland coal viewer.
Mining engineer. Nationality: British. 1808 - became Agent to Charles John Brandling, owner of the Middleton Colliery, near Leeds; 1811 - patented (No 3431) a rack and pinion system for a locomotive; designed and built by Matthew Murray of Fenton, Murray and Wood in Holbeck.
