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Page 238
... south , but to do this meant building a temporary timber bridge over the Grand Junction Canal . The canal company , who , for obvious reasons , were not disposed to be co - operative , disputed his right to construct such a bridge ...
... south , but to do this meant building a temporary timber bridge over the Grand Junction Canal . The canal company , who , for obvious reasons , were not disposed to be co - operative , disputed his right to construct such a bridge ...
Page 273
... south bank of the Tyne at Gateshead , and for this Robert Stephenson had a plan ready for which he had secured George Hudson's powerful backing . This was a scheme which would absorb the Durham Junction ( in which , be it remembered ...
... south bank of the Tyne at Gateshead , and for this Robert Stephenson had a plan ready for which he had secured George Hudson's powerful backing . This was a scheme which would absorb the Durham Junction ( in which , be it remembered ...
Page 353
... South American trip , 100-1 ; firm's anxiety at his absence , 102ff .; news of Liverpool & Manchester Railway from Locke , 117 ; experiences in South America , 119-21 ; difficulties , 120-1 , 122 , 123 ; prepares to return home , 124 ...
... South American trip , 100-1 ; firm's anxiety at his absence , 102ff .; news of Liverpool & Manchester Railway from Locke , 117 ; experiences in South America , 119-21 ; difficulties , 120-1 , 122 , 123 ; prepares to return home , 124 ...
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
THE BIRTH OF THE LOCOMOTIVE | 35 |
THE LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER RAILWAY | 84 |
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