It was in William Felton's carriage works in Leather Lane that Trevithick's steam-powered carriage was built.
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William Felton
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London steam carriage
William Felton's carriage works was close to this spot. In 1803 he built a ca...
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Francis Fowke
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Sir William Heerlein Lindley
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A. E. Darby
Bethnal Green Borough Engineer/Architect in 1922, 1926, 1937.
Sir Follett Holt, KBE
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