Photographer: © Graham Rains (Gallery)(18th December 2009)

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.

One of a group of winter images of The Stour Valley. The Shillingstone Station Project, a steam heritage centre on The North Dorset Trailway.

A picture of: Shillingstone, Dorset

This picture also appears in the following picture tours:
Shillingstone, Dorset, Buildings and Structures, Bygone Era, England in Winter, Steam Rallies, Trains and Railways, Trees and Woodlands, Weather, Stour Valley Winter Shillingstone

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Focal length: 32 mm, Aperture: f 7.1, ISO: 100, Exposure time: 1/125 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: January 1, 1980, 12:00 am

ImageID:1105170, Image size: 3072 x 2048 pixels

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On Christmas Eve in 1801 Richard Trevithick demonstrated his "Puffing Devil" , a high pressure steam engine which was for the first time mounted on wheels and self propelled. This was the first ever successful passenger carrying road vehicle ie the first car. Sadly a few days later on another trial it toppled over on the then uneven roads,after being righted and moved to the stable of the nearest tavern it blew up and destroyed itself and the stable-- no one had extinguished the boiler!!!

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