About Christopher Blackett

Christopher Blackett owned the Northumberland colliery at Wylam that built Puffing Billy, the first commercial adhesion steam locomotive. He was also the founding owner of The Globe newspaper in 1803.

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Christopher Blackett

British colliery and newspaper owner and railway innovator (1751-1829)

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