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the general use of the road, a portion of it were to be prepared, and kept in a state most suitable for travelling in locomotive steam carriages.
- Thomas Telford,
- John Rickman,
- C. W. Pasley,
- Bryan Donkin,
- Timothy Bramah,
- James Simpson,
- John Thomas,
- Joshua Field,
- John Macneill,
- Alexander Gordon, and
- Wm. Carpmael, Civil Engineers.
This Report confirms my foregoing opinion, that a steam carriage may be constructed to travel on common roads, with very light loads. But they cannot be made capable of transmitting goods and passengers to any public or private advantage. If the strength of the engine and carriage is increased, the weight must be increased to eight or ten tons, and eight or ten tons would break down the road, on which they are designed to travel.
London, November, 1833
