The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive

CHAPTER XIII.

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OPENING OF THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, AND EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY SYSTEM.

The Railway finished.--Organization of the Working.--The public Opening.--Fatal Accident to Mr. Huskisson.--The Traffic begun.--Improvements in the Road, Rolling Stock, and Locomotive.--Steam-carriages tried on common Roads.--New Railway Projects.--Opposition to Railways in the South of England.--Robert Stephenson appointed Engineer of Leicester and Swannington Railway.--George removes to Snibston and sinks for Coal.--His character as a Master. 329