What is recorded here
This red commemorative plaque records: Soho House Home of Timothy Hackworth locomotive pioneer and engineer to the Stockton and Darlington Railway the first public steam railway Recorded plaque organisation: Transport Trust.
Timothy Hackworth was a prominent early 19th-century locomotive engineer who made significant contributions to the development of railway technology, particularly as engineer to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public steam railway.
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