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The 1815 Steam Elephant in the Great Shed
Pockerley Waggonway is home to replica locomotives, Puffing Billy, Steam Elephant and Locomotion No.1, which pull recreated carriages from the Georgian period.
The 1815 Steam Elephant was built for Wallsend Colliery by William Chapman and John Buddle. Neither the engine itself nor the original drawings for Steam Elephant survived and the construction of the replica for Beamish was based on a remarkable series of sketches and exhaustive researches by Museum staff.
The 1815 Steam Elephant in the Great Shed
Pockerley Waggonway is home to replica locomotives, Puffing Billy, Steam Elephant and Locomotion No.1, which pull recreated carriages from the Georgian period.
The 1815 Steam Elephant was built for Wallsend Colliery by William Chapman and John Buddle. Neither the engine itself nor the original drawings for Steam Elephant survived and the construction of the replica for Beamish was based on a remarkable series of sketches and exhaustive researches by Museum staff.