The Objectives of the Trevithick Society are to:

• Research and record information

• Educate to spread knowledge

• Preserve and display artefacts

relating to the industrial and technological history of Cornwall and its influence around the world. In the future we hope to be able to provide educational material on this varied subject through our website. Current educational resources are:

Gazetteer of Cornish industrial sites
The life and times of Richard Trevithick

At a suitable point (once they start multiplying!) these links will move to their own page.

Members of the Society have given talks to a large number of different organisations (for a full list see here) about building and operating the Camborne road loco, mining, the production of steam and its historical use in industry and transport.  We believe that these talks can contribute to a number of National Curriculum topics:

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English
Creative and non-fiction writing: prose and poetry

Science
Working with different materials, properties of different materials, metals and how they are obtained, forces and motion, sources of energy

Design and technology
Pictures of people and machinery and various themes, how does equipment evolve? Design problems, e.g. given a certain technology (water, steam, electricity) how can various things be done with it? Photography (there  is a long history of photography in Cornwall)

History
Social history, Cornish mining, Cornish engineering, archaeology, the Industrial Revolution, the effect of Methodism in Cornwall, John Wesley

Geography
Demographics, particularly how emigration and immigration have affected Cornwall, natural resources - how they affect the areas where they are found

Art and design
The story of Cornish industrial history is a very evocative one and this can provide inspiration for both art and design.  In addition a whole range of textures and materials can be utilised.

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