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Recording Our Industrial Heritage

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The Round Foundry - Leeds

Salamanca, the World's first commercially successful steam locomotive, designed and built at The Round Foundry in 1812, by Matthew Murray using Blenkinsop's rack and pinion drive.

Date 1829

Grid Reference:- SE 29504 32909

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