William Hedley
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William Hedley was an early 19th-century English engineer best known for pioneering steam locomotive design during the formative years of railway development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Hedley canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mechanical engineer
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person ⓘ railway pioneer ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Michael and All Angels Church, Houghton-le-Spring, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | demonstration that smooth iron wheels could grip smooth iron rails by adhesion alone ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1779-01-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1843-01-09 ⓘ |
| designed |
Puffing Billy (steam locomotive)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wylam Dilly (steam locomotive) NERFINISHED ⓘ locomotive Lady Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Wylam Colliery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Hedley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
locomotive engineering
ⓘ
railway engineering ⓘ steam engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrAssistant | Timothy Hackworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkPreservedAt |
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (Wylam Dilly)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Science Museum, London (Puffing Billy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of early railway locomotives ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of the locomotive Puffing Billy
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early steam locomotive design ⓘ experiments on adhesion of smooth wheels on smooth rails ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | William Hedley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | Puffing Billy (one of the earliest successful steam locomotives) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
colliery viewer
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ |
| partOf | early development of British railways ⓘ |
| patent | 1813 patent on locomotive wheel arrangement and coupling system ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Newburn, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Burnhopeside Hall, Durham, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Burnhopeside Hall, Durham, England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wylam, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
construction of Puffing Billy around 1813–1814
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patent for a system of wheels and axles for locomotives in 1813 ⓘ |
| spouse | Frances Hedley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Wylam, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Puffing Billy
subject surface form:
Puffing Billy