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Latitude: 50.2115 / 50°12'41"N
Longitude: -5.2978 / 5°17'52"W
OS Eastings: 164804
OS Northings: 39811
OS Grid: SW648398
Mapcode National: GBR FX93.VFX
Mapcode Global: VH12J.4Y38
Plus Code: 9C2P6P62+HV
Entry Name: Trevithick Memorial Statue on Pavement in Front of Library
Listing Date: 12 September 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1365624
English Heritage Legacy ID: 66651
Location: Camborne, Cornwall, TR14
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Camborne
Built-Up Area: Camborne
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Camborne and Tuckinghill
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Statue
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
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