George Overton was responsible for building hundreds of miles of tramroad - including the Penydarren over which Trevithick’s 1804 locomotive ran.

He put his thoughts into a book - which despite the tile contains much about early railway!

Our review: 'A Description of the Faults or Dykes of the Mineral Basin of South Wales’ by George Overton

https://booksontheline.com/?p=2005

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