Stepney Wheel
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Invention of the spare wheel in Llanelli.
Discussion of the invention of the Stepney spare wheel - the first car spare wheel - by Walter and Tom Davies in Llanelli in 1904. Stepney is still used as a term for a spare wheel today in Pakistan, Malta, and Brazil.
From:
Wales and the History of the World ; Firsts
First broadcast
:
03 March 2010
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 9-11
Subject : History
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain, Twentieth century world
Keywords : Transport, Welsh inventors, Design and technology
Notes : Has uses for the study of design and technology, as well as history. Topics - transport, inventions, Welsh inventors. Curriculum Cymreig. For further study, see Stepney Spare Wheel.
