Who built the first working railway steam locomotive?

Arthur Woolf

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William Murdoch

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James Watt

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Richard Trevithick

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The correct option is D Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mechanical engineer who managed to successfully harness high-pressure steam, which he later used to construct the world’s first steam railway locomotive.

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