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William Hedley (13 July 1779 – 9 January 1843 [1]) was born in Newburn, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He was one of the leading industrial engineers of the early 19th century, and was instrumental in several major innovations in early railway development.
William Hedley. William Hedley (* 13. Juli 1779 in Newburn; † 9. Januar 1843 bei Durham) war ein englischer Grubendirektor. Leben. Bereits im Jahre 1800, also mit 21 Jahren wurde Hedley Grubendirektor an der Walbottle-Zeche, wechselte jedoch bald zur Wylam-Zeche. Dort versuchte man schon im Jahre 1804, den Pferdebetrieb auf dem ...
William Hedley (born July 13, 1779, Newburn, near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Eng.—died Jan. 9, 1843, near Lanchester, Durham) was an English coal-mine official and inventor who built probably the first commercially useful steam locomotive of the adhesion type ( i.e., dependent on friction between wheels and rails, as are almost all ...
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Geschichte: William Hedley und seine Dampflokomotive Puffing Billy. William Hedley: Der englische Konstrukteur und Erfinder William Hedley wurde am 13. Juli 1779 in Newburn geboren und ist am 09. Januar 1843 bei Durham verstorben. Während seiner Tätigkeit als Grubeninspektor im Bergwerk von Wylam ließ William Hedley die in den Gruben ...
Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, constructed in 1813–1814 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United Kingdom.
William Hedley (13 July 1779 – 9 January 1843) was born in Newburn, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He was one of the leading industrial engineers of the early 19th century, and was instrumental in several major innovations in early railway development. While working as a 'viewer' or manager at Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, he built the ...
Deshalb wandte er sich an Richard Trevithick und, als dieser ablehnte, an den Grubendirektor William Hedley, um die Möglichkeiten einer Lokomotive zu ergründen, die auf den vorhandenen Schienen fahren konnte.
