Christopher Blackett
British colliery and newspaper owner and railway innovator (1751-1829) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For his son, the Member of Parliament, see Christopher Blackett (politician).
Christopher Blackett (1751 – 25 January 1829) 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.[1][2][3]