CHAPTER XX.
ROBERT STEPHENSON'S VICTORIA BRIDGE, LOWER CANADA--ILLNESS AND DEATH--THE STEPHENSON CHARACTERISTICS.
Robert Stephenson's gradual Retirement from the profession of Engineer.--His Tubular Bridge over the Nile.--Railways in Canada.--Proposed Bridge at Montreal.--A Tubular Bridge proposed.--Robert Stephenson appointed Engineer.--Design of the Victoria Bridge.--The Piers.--Getting in of the Foundations.--Progress of the Works.--Erection of the Tubes.--Scene at the breaking-up of the Ice in 1858.--The Night-work.--Erection of main central Tube.--Completion of the Works.--Robert Stephenson in Parliament.--His Opinion of the Suez Canal.--His Honors.--Launch of the Great Eastern.--Last Illness and Death.--The Stephenson Characteristics.--Conclusion. 474
INDEX 497
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Portrait of George Stephenson _to face Title Page._
Portrait of Trevithick 46
Tyne Coal-staith 49
Flange-rail 50
Cugnot's Steam-carriage 62
Murdock's Model Locomotive 66
Symington's Model Steam-carriage 69
Oliver Evans's Model Locomotive 71
Trevithick's Tram-engine 81
High-Level Bridge, Newcastle 96
Map of Newcastle District 98
Wylam 103
High-Street House, Wylam 104
Colliery Wagons 110
Newburn 111
Colliery Gin 120
Stephenson's Cottage at Willington Quay 121
Stephenson's Signature 123
West Moor Colliery 127
Killingworth High Pit 136
Glebe Farm-house, Benton 137
Rutter's School-house at Long Benton 140
Bruce's School, Newcastle 142
Stephenson's Cottage, West Moor 146
Sun-dial, Killingworth 149
Colliers' Cottages, Long Benton 151
Blenkinsop's Leeds Engine 155
The Wylam Engine 160
Spur-gear 164
Killingworth Locomotive (Section) 168
Colliery Whimsey 174
Pit-head, West Moor 177
Davy's and Stephenson's Safety-lamps 187
Literary and Philosophical Institute, Newcastle 189
The Stephenson Tankard 197
Half-lap Joint 200
Old Killingworth Locomotive 201
West Moor Pit, Killingworth 214
Portrait of Edward Pease 223
Map of Stockton and Darlington Railway 224
Opening of Stockton and Darlington Railway 238
The First Railway Coach 241
No. 1 Engine at Darlington 244
Middlesborough-on-Tees 246
Map of Liverpool and Manchester Railway 250-1
Surveying on Chat Moss 264
Olive Mount Cutting 291
Sankey Viaduct 292
Baiting-place at Sankey 296
Chat Moss--Works in progress 299
Robert Stephenson's Cottage at Santa Anna 306
The "Rocket" 321
Locomotive Competition at Rainhill 324
Railway _versus_ Road 328
Map of Leicester and Swannington Railway 343
Alton Grange 346
Portrait of Robert Stephenson 348
Map of London and Birmingham Railway 354
Blisworth Cutting 355
Shafts, Kilsby Tunnel 357
Kilsby Tunnel (North end) 363
Dutton Viaduct 366
Littleborough Tunnel (West entrance) 368
Littleborough Tunnel (Walsden end) 369
Map of Midland Railway 370
Land-slip, Ambergate 372
Bull Bridge 373
Coalville and Snibston Colliery 391
Tapton House 392
Lime-works, Ambergate 394
Forth-Street Works, Newcastle 396
Claycross Works 420
Newcastle from High-Level Bridge 421
Royal Border Bridge, Berwick 430
Elevation and Plan of Arch, High-Level Bridge 436
Railway at Penmaen Mawr 440
Map of Menai Strait 442
Construction of Britannia Tube on Staging 450
Conway Bridge 451
Menai Bridge 457
Floating First Tube, Conway Bridge 459
View in Tapton Gardens 460
Footpath to Tapton House 465
Trinity Church, Chesterfield 471
Tablet in Trinity Church 473
Victoria Bridge, Montreal 474
Elevation of Pier, Victoria Bridge 478
Works in Progress, Victoria Bridge 480
Erection of the Main Central Tube, Victoria Bridge 483
Stephenson Memorial Schools, Willington 496
EARLY INVENTORS IN LOCOMOTION.
EARLY INVENTORS IN LOCOMOTION.