John blenkinsop locomotive

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English inventor, designer of the first practical and successful railway locomotive.
John Blenkinsop was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive.

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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

1812. Blenkinsop's Locomotive with Chaldron Wagons.

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.

From 1808 he became Agent to Charles John Brandling who owned the Middleton Colliery near Leeds.

1811 While many people, such as William Hedley, felt that adhesion should be adequate with a locomotive weighing around five tons, Blenkinsop was less sanguine. On 10 April 1811 he obtained a patent for a new type of locomotive, developing some of the ideas embodied in the engine constructed by Richard Trevithick in 1803, but combining with them a new plan to overcome the presumed lack of adhesion between the engine wheels and smooth rails. This was effected by means of a racked or toothed rail, laid along one side of the road, into which the toothed wheel of the locomotive worked as pinions work into a rack. T

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John and Mike Blenkinsop are a father and son duo taking on the world! Who will win? The father? Or the son? Not only racing against each other, racing against the world! They are currently building two 5.80s in Noosa, Australia.

John cannot wait to take on the world. He has salt in his veins. ‘Bring it on’ as he says.

At the age of 20 he had the opportunity to study for the RYA Yachtmaster. The year after he entered into the world ARC, where he had a serious accident in the Tasman sea. Splitting open his kidney he was told he had 48 hours to live with a near death experience.

After 6 months of healing, John was back on the water pursuing his dream. Working on super yachts to being a professional detailer.

The 5.80 challenge appeals because he can bring all of his knowledge to build a boat and race with a competitive edge. His motto will be, “Catch me if you can!”.

These aren’t boats; they’re extensions of our hearts, built with our own hands full time over 3 years. We poured everything into making them seaworthy, ready to dance w
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement/Blenkinsop, John
BLENKINSOP, JOHN (1783–1831), one of the pioneers of the locomotive, was born near Leeds in 1783, and became the principal agent of the Brandling family who owned the extensive Middleton collieries in that district. On 10 April 1811 he obtained a patent (No. 3431) for a new species of locomotive, developing some of the ideas embodied in the locomotive constructed by Richard Trevithick [q. v.] in 1803, but combining with them a new plan to overcome the presumed difficulty of securing adhesion between the engine wheels and the rails. This was effected by means of a racked or toothed rail, laid along one side of the road, into which the toothed wheel of the locomotive worked as pinions work into a rack. The boiler of Blenkinsop's locomotive was of cast iron, of the plain cylindrical kind with one flue — the fire being at one end and the chimney at the other. It was supported upon a carriage resting without springs, directly upon two pairs of wheels and axles, which were unconnected with the wor