Listing Text

CAMBORNE TREVENSON STREET
SW 63 NW
(north side)
10/103
Trevithick Memorial Statue
on pavement in front of Library

GV II
Memorial statue to Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), Engineer. Dated 1928;
by L.S.Merrifield. White granite pedestal with bronze plaques and gilded
bronze statue. Square section. Shallow step, deep plain base, tall pedestal
with moulded plinth and cap surmounted by life-size statue. Each side of
the plinth has a small bronze relief plaque: that on the back depicts a sail
ship and is lettered:-
RICHARD TREVITHICK
INVENTOR OF THE LOCOMOTIVE
BORN 1771 DIED 1833
The other plaques have kneeling female figures holding examples of the
application of steam power, with identifying inscriptions: Cornish boiler on
the front, Merthyr Tydfil Locomotive on the left side, and iron Steam and
Sail Ship on the right-hand side.. The statue portrays Trevithick in forward
striding pose with a pair of dividers in his raised right hand and a model
of a steam locomotive cradled in his left arm. The base of the statue is
inscribed "L.S.Merrifield" and "1928".

Listing NGR: SW6480439811