A dual biography of the father and son railroad engineers who revolutionized Victorian transportation and reshaped modern British life.
Engineer and inventor George Stephenson is known as the Father of Railways. Together with his son Robert, he built the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public line. They also developed much of Britain's early railway map. In
George and Robert Stephenson, industrial historian Anthony Burton examines the lives of these two giants of the late Georgian and early Victorian ages.
With new research, Burton offers a fresh look at the achievements of Robert Stephenson and Company Limited, the first engineering firm devoted to railway engines. Above all, he underscores the ability of both men to overcome some of the most pressing engineering problems of their time.
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- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Collieries of the Tyne
- Chapter 2 George Stephenson’s Early Years
- Chapter 3 Killingworth
- Chapter 4 The Steam Locomotive
- Chapter 5 The Stockton and Darlington Railway
- Chapter 6 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- Chapter 7 Robert in South America
- Chapter 8 Building the Line
- Chapter 9 Rainhill
- Chapter 10 The Grand Opening
- Chapter 11 The System Expands
- Chapter 12 London and Birmingham
- Chapter 13 The Newcastle Works
- Chapter 14 The Realm of the Railway King
- Chapter 15 George Stephenson’s Last Years
- Chapter 16 Lines to Holyhead
- Chapter 17 Home and Away
- Chapter 18 The End of a Career
- Chapter 19 Assessment
- Select Bibliography
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