steam locomotive

object, machine, apparatus, tool, technical instrument

Steam-powered traction engine.

Johann Conrad Fischer refers to wagons pulled by a steam locomotive as steam cars.

Mentions in Journals

Traveljournal 1814

Manchester, 2 September 1814
Travelling on the “Salamanca” to Leeds, 3 September 1814
Exploring the Black Country on horseback with James Watt, 29 August 1814

Traveljournal 1845

By train from Dover to London, 21 July 1845
Fischer and his nephew Winz visit the Polytechnical Institution, 25 July 1845
London–Leeds, 26 July 1845
Some observations on railways, 30 July 1845
Sheffield–London, 2 August 1845
Ghent–Cologne, 6 August 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Schaffhausen–Ostend, 15–17 October 1846
Fischer inspects the atmospheric railway, 22 October 1846
The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846
Fischer shows Huntsman a picture of his works, 27 October 1846
Liverpool’s maritime ironworks, 29 October 1846
Fischer loses his way in Sheffield, 31 October 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Fischer’s fourth visit, 23 June 1851
Fischer’s highlights of the Exhibition, 24 June 1851
On the English export market, 27 June 1851
Manchester–Sheffield, 6 July 1851

Sources

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

External Links

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Cite this page as: steam locomotive. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8592, viewed on 21 June 2025.

[[title]] — An 1838 patent steam locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson emerges from a tunnel (engraving by unknown, 1900)
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