Deceased
from Teaticket, MA
…iverpool and Manchester Railway was opened, the first inter-city railway in the world and was attended by Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington.[62] The railway was engineered by Joseph Locke and George Stephenson, linked the rapidly expanding industrial town of Manchester with the port tow...
…[8] After the amalgamation of these lines, and after the retirement of George Stephenson Harrison became chief engineer of the resultant York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway in 1850,[9] and briefly became general manager in 1853 for the joint working agreements with the Leeds Northern Railway...
…were fired by a new way of transporting people and freight. This involved using wagons, pulled by a steam engine, on iron rails laid on a level roadbed. He had heard of this from his good friend George Stephenson, the great railway engineer. he quickly realized this was the answer to his pro...
George Stephenson is among the most famous engineers of all time. But many of the works attributed to him should in fact be credited to young subordinates, not least his son, Robert. However, he should be given full credit for being 'The Father of the Railways'.
Author
Adrian Jarvis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
48
Publisher
Shire Publications
ISBN #
0747806055
EAN Code
9780747806059
ISBN #
2
Provides basic information on the small gasoline engine and includes a series of laboratory exercises illustrating disassembly and assembly procedures as well as troubleshooting.
Author
George Stephenson, Stephenson
Binding
Paperback
Pages
279
Publisher
Delmar Thomson Learning
ISBN #
0827322429
EAN Code
9780827322424
ISBN #
7
Author
George Stephenson
ISBN #
0950110914