Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson

George Stephenson bequeathed to his son his valuable collieries, his share in the engine manufactory at Newcastle, and his large accumulation of savings, which, together with th...

The rapid growth of the trade and manufactures of South Lancashire gave rise, about the year 1821, to the project of a tramroad for the conveyance of goods between Liverpool and...

We return to the career of Robert Stephenson, who had been absent from England during the construction of the Liverpool railway, but was shortly about to join his father and tak...

While George Stephenson was engaged in carrying on the works of the Midland Railway in the neighbourhood of Chesterfield, several seams of coal were cut through in the Claycross...

The rapid increase in the coal-trade of the Tyne about the beginning of the present century had the effect of stimulating the ingenuity of mechanics, and encouraging them to dev...

The district west of Darlington, in Durham, is one of the richest mineral fields of the North. Vast stores of coal underlie the Bishop Auckland Valley; and from an early period...

The rapidity with which railways were carried out, when the spirit of the country became roused, was indeed remarkable. This was doubtless in some measure owing to the increased...

The appointment of principal engineer to the railway was taken into consideration at the first meeting of the directors held at Liverpool subsequent to the passing of the Act. T...

We have now to describe briefly another great undertaking, begun by George Stephenson, and taken up and completed by his son, in the course of which the latter carried out some...

Explosions of fire-damp were unusually frequent in the coal mines of Northumberland and Durham about the time when George Stephenson was engaged in the construction of his first...

The colliery village of Wylam is situated on the north bank of the Tyne, about eight miles west of Newcastle. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway runs along the opposite bank; an...

The career of George Stephenson was drawing to a close. He had for some time been gradually retiring from the more active pursuit of railway engineering, and confining himself t...

The directors of the Railway now began to see daylight; and they derived encouragement from the skilful manner in which their engineer had overcome the principal difficulties of...

Of the numerous extensive projects which followed close upon the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester line, and the Locomotive triumph at Rainhill, that of a railway betwe...

George Stephenson had now acquired the character of an expert workman. He was diligent and observant while at work, and sober and studious when the day's work was over. His frie...

In describing the completion of the series of great works detailed in the preceding chapter, we have somewhat anticipated the closing years of George Stephenson's life. He could...

George Stephenson had now been diligently employed for several years in the work of self-improvement, and he experienced the usual results in increasing mental strength, capabil...

Stephenson's experiments on fire-damp, and his labours in connexion with the invention of the safety-lamp, occupied but a small portion of his time, which was necessarily devote...

In no quarter of England have greater changes been wrought by the successive advances made in the practical science of engineering than in the extensive colliery districts of th...

Robert Stephenson's inheritances--Gradual retirement 357-380 from the profession of engineer--His last great works--Tubular Bridges over the St. Lawrence and the Nile--The Grand...

Robert Stephenson mining engineer in Colombia--Mule 193-220 journey to Bogota--Mariquita--Silver mining--Difficulties with the Cornishmen--His cottage at Santa Anna--Longs to re...

Insufficient communications between Manchester and 146-172 Liverpool--The canal monopoly--A tramroad projected--Joseph Sanders--Sir R. Phillip's speculations as to railways--Tho...

Wylam Colliery and village--George Stephenson's 12-30 birth-place--His parents--The Stephenson family--Old Robert Stephenson--George's boyhood--Dewley Burn Colliery--Sister Nell...

George Stephenson on railways and 275-300 coal-traffic--Leases the Claycross estate, and sinks for coal--His extensive lime-works--Removes to Tapton House--British Association a...

The Bishop Auckland Coal-field--Edward Pease 123-145 projects a railway from Witton to Stockton--The Bill rejected--The line re-surveyed, and the Act obtained--George Stephenson...

The Killingworth mine machinery--Stephenson improves 109-122 his locomotive--Strengthens the road--His patent--His steam-springs--Experiments on friction--Steam-locomotion on co...

The railway finished--The traffic arrangements 221-236 organized--Public opening of the line--Accident to Mr. Huskisson--Arrival of the trains at Manchester--The traffic results...

Projection of new lines--Dutton Viaduct, Grand 253-274 Junction--The Manchester and Leeds--Summit Tunnel, Littleborough--Magnitude of the work--The Midland Railway--The works co...

Sobriety and studiousness--Inventiveness--Removes to 31-46 Willington Quay--Marries Fanny Henderson--Their cottage at Willington--Attempts at perpetual motion--William Fairbairn...

George Stephenson's retirement--Robert's employment 301-319 as Parliamentary Engineer--His rival Brunel--The Great Western Railway--The width of gauge--Robert Stephenson's cauti...

George Stephenson surveys a line from Chester to 320-340 Holyhead--Robert Stephenson's construction of the works at Penmaen Mawr--Crossing of the Menai Strait--Various plans pro...

The line projected--George and Robert Stephenson 237-252 appointed engineers--Opposition--Hostile pamphlets and public meetings--Robert Stephenson and Sir Astley Cooper--The sur...

George Stephenson appointed engineer--Chat Moss 173-192 described--The resident engineers--Mr. Dixon's visit of inspection--Stephenson's theory of a floating road--Operations be...

George Stephenson's Life at Tapton--Experiments in 341-356 Horticulture, Gardening, and Farming--Affection for animals--Bird-hatching and bee-keeping--Reading and conversation--...

George Stephenson's self-improvement--John 47-62 Wigham--Studies in Natural Philosophy--Sobriety--Education of Robert Stephenson--Sent to Rutter's school, Benton--Bruce's school...

Frequency of colliery explosions--Accident in the 89-108 Killingworth Pit--Stephenson's heroic conduct--A safety-lamp described--Dr. Clanny's lamp--Stephenson's experiments on f...

Various expedients for 63-88 coal-haulage--Sailing-waggons--Mr. Edgworth's experiments--Cugnot's first locomotive steam-carriage--Murdock's model locomotive--Trevithick's steam-...

The colliery districts of the Pages 1-11 North--Newcastle-upon-Tyne in ancient times--The Roman settlement--Social insecurity in the Middle Ages--Northumberland roads--The coal-...