Tags: Locomotive.

The Steam Horse was constructed by the Butterley Company in Derbyshire in 1813 by William Brunton (1777–1851). Also known as the Mechanical Traveller it had a pair of mechanical legs with feet that gripped the rails at the rear of the engine to push it forwards at about three miles an hour.

Bruntons_Traveller.jpg
active years end year
1813-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1814-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1813-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1814-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
builder
William Brunton
cylinder count
1, 2
retired
1815-07-31
top speed (kmh)
4.02335, 4.82802

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