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Camborne rings true, and it is supported 

 by records left by Captain Vivian, a cousin 

 of Trevithick, and one who backed him 

 financially and by other encouragement, for 

 many years. 



The most remarkable of the tests carried 

 out with this road locomotive is that which 

 was run on the Christmas Eve of 1801. 

 This took place from the smithy where 

 the engine was apparently erected towards 

 Camborne, in which Beacon Hill was 

 climbed. This has a very severe gradient 

 running from i in 15 to i in 20. The 

 story goes that the engine having mounted 

 part of the incline came to a stop, 

 and the designer then ran it back to the 

 smithy. 



On the footplate on this historic occasion 

 there were probably seven or eight people, 

 one of whom, a Mr. Newton, was a pupil 

 of Trevithick. 



There is another record of this engine. 

 It seems that Trevithick ran it to Tehidy 

 Park on the north Cornwall coast, in order 

 that Lord Dedunstanville might go for a 



