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 XV.

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MANCHESTER AND LEEDS, MIDLAND, AND OTHER RAILWAYS--GENERAL EXTENSION OF RAILWAYS AND THEIR RESULTS.

Projection of new Lines.--Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction.--The Manchester and Leeds.--Incident in Committee.--Summit Tunnel, Littleborough.--The Midland Railway.--The Works compared with the Simplon Road.--Slip near Ambergate.--Bull Bridge.--The York and North Midland.--The Scarborough Branch.--George Stephenson on Estimates.--Stephenson on his Surveys.--His quick Observation.--His extensive Labors.--Traveling and Correspondence.--Life at Alton Grange.--Stephenson's London Office.--Journeys to Belgium.--Interviews with the King.--Public Openings of English Railways.--Stephenson's Assistants.--Results of Railroads. 365