1825: First steam locomotive launched

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first.jpgBuilt by Robert Stephenson and Company, Locomotion No. 1 is the first steam engine to carry passengers on a 26-mile (40 km) journey between Witton Park and Stockton-on-Tees via Darlington in the U.K.

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