Blenkinsop name origin
- John blenkinsop locomotive
- 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
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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John Blenkinsop
British mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives (1783–1831)
John Blenkinsop
Born 1783 Died 22 January 1831 (aged 47) Nationality English Occupation(s) Engineer, inventor Relatives Thomas Barnes (cousin) 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. From 1808 he became agent to Charles John Brandling, who owned collieries on his Middleton estate near Leeds and whose family came from Felling. From then until his death, Blenkinsop lived at Middleton Hall on Town Street, Middleton, built in the 17th century as the Brandling family's Middleton home (they used the far more modern Middleton Lodge when visiting from their Tyneside homes).
Blenkinsop and the Middleton Railway
In 1758 the Brandlings had built a wooden wagonway to carry coal
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