page_title: Steam Horse locomotive
hierarchical_section_title: Steam Horse locomotive
caption_attribution_description: Brunton's "Mechanical Traveller", an early steam locomotive driven by mechanical legs (1813)
context_page_description: The Steam Horse was constructed by the Butterley Company in Derbyshire in 1813 by William Brunton. Also known as the Mechanical Traveller, it had a pair of mechanical legs, with feet that gripped the rails at the rear of the engine to push it forwards at about three miles an hour.
context_section_description: The Steam Horse was constructed by the Butterley Company in Derbyshire in 1813 by William Brunton (1777–1851). Also known as the Mechanical Traveller, it had a pair of mechanical legs, with feet that gripped the rails at the rear of the engine to push it forwards at about three miles an hour.
caption: Brunton's Mechanical Traveller
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