businessperson
Christopher Blackett.
British colliery and newspaper owner and railway innovator (1751-1829)
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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.
Everything about Christopher Blackett →- Occupation
- businessperson
- Born
- 1751
- Died
- January 25, 1829