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Contents
Chapter | 3 |
THE BIRTH OF THE LOCOMOTIVE | 39 |
THE STOCKTON DARLINGTON RAILWAY 60 | 73 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution |
| Author | L. T. C. Rolt |
| Publisher | Longmans, 1960 |
| Length | 356 pages |
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