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The engine was taken off the road because the tram-plates were found too weak to bear its weight without breaking. to Cardiff, the opening of which, in 1795, gave an immense impetus to the iron trade of the neighbourhood.
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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The engine was taken off the road because the tram-plates were found too weak to bear its weight without breaking.
Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858
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She worked very well; but frequently, from her weight, broke the tram-plates and the hooks between the trams.
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858
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On the journey she broke a great many of the tram-plates, and before reaching the basin ran off the road, and had to be brought back to Pen-y-darran by horses.
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858
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