Lancashire’s first steam locomotive, built by Robert Daglish in 1812 at the Haigh Foundry for colliery owner, John Clarke; it entered service the following year.
Thornhill Colliery
Former colliery in the West Riding of Yorkshire, worked from the 16th century until 1972.
Tin streaming
Process for extracting tin from the mineral cassiterite.
Trafford Park
First planned industrial estate in the world, and still the largest in Europe.
Trafford Park Aerodrome
First purpose-built airfield in the Manchester area.
Turing Test
Test to determine whether a machine is capable of simulating human cognition, widely but erroneously believed to be the benchmark for artificial intelligence.
Tyldesley Coal Company
Coal company was formed in 1870 in Tyldesley on the Manchester Coalfield, in the historic county of Lancashire, England.
Tyldesley Loopline
Railway line built in 1864 to connect local collieries to the Liverpool–Manchester main line.
Wallsuches Bleachworks
Bleachworks that takes its name from an area of Horwich in Greater Manchester, England. The area is notable for the bleachworks started by Thomas Ridgway.
Walter Arnold
First person in the UK to be fined for speeding.