George and Robert Stephenson |
Contents
CONTENTS | 3 |
Britain on the Eve of the Railway | 5 |
George Stephenson Enginewright | 7 |
Copyright | |
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Alton Grange appointed Auckland became Berwick Birmingham Railway Black Callerton Blucher boiler Britain Britannia Bridge built canal career Civil Engineers coal Coalville colliery Colombian construction Darlington Railway Derby Dewley directors early Edward Pease engine-wright father firm FLUE Gateshead gauge George Stephenson George's gradients hauling Holyhead Hudson important invention iron Killingworth Kilsby Tunnel Lancashire later Leeds line of railway Liverpool & Manchester loco London & Birmingham machinery Manchester Railway manufacture mechanical Midland Railway miles an hour mining motive power moved Newcastle North Midland North-East October Parliament partner practical promoters proposed Quaker rail Railway opened Rainhill Richard Trevithick River Tyne road Robert Stephenson Rocket Sankey viaduct scheme spans stationary engines steam engines steam locomotive Stephenson & Company Stockton & Darlington survey Tapton tons track traction train transport Trevithick trial tubes Tyneside viaduct wagon-way wagons Wales West Moor wheels Willington Quay Wylam