The Life of Robert Stephenson...: With Descriptive Chapters on Some of His Most Important Professional Works by William Pole, Volume 1Longmans, 1866 |
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... locomotive , upon the art of building bridges , and upon the careers of the men who , during the last sixty years , have brought our railway system to its present state of efficiency . My surprise was great at finding that the ...
... locomotive , upon the art of building bridges , and upon the careers of the men who , during the last sixty years , have brought our railway system to its present state of efficiency . My surprise was great at finding that the ...
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... Friends , Robert Hawthorn and John Steele - The first Locomotive ever built on the Banks of the Tyne- Anthony Wigham - Captain Robson— Evenings at the West Moor . 12 CHAPTER III . ROBERT STEPHENSON , THE SCHOOLBOY . (
... Friends , Robert Hawthorn and John Steele - The first Locomotive ever built on the Banks of the Tyne- Anthony Wigham - Captain Robson— Evenings at the West Moor . 12 CHAPTER III . ROBERT STEPHENSON , THE SCHOOLBOY . (
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... Locomotive on the Wylam Line George Stephenson's first Locomo- tive - His Appointment to the ' Walker Iron - works ' - ' Bruce's Academy ' -The Cost of Robert's Tuition at the School - Robert Stephenson's Reception by his new ...
... Locomotive on the Wylam Line George Stephenson's first Locomo- tive - His Appointment to the ' Walker Iron - works ' - ' Bruce's Academy ' -The Cost of Robert's Tuition at the School - Robert Stephenson's Reception by his new ...
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... Locomotive in 1828 - Efforts to improve the Locomotive -The Reports of Messrs . Walker and Rastrick - A Premium of £ 500 offered by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway for the best Locomotive - Mr. Henry Booth's ...
... Locomotive in 1828 - Efforts to improve the Locomotive -The Reports of Messrs . Walker and Rastrick - A Premium of £ 500 offered by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway for the best Locomotive - Mr. Henry Booth's ...
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... Locomotive - Mr. Henry Booth's Invention of the Multitubular Boiler Commencement of the ' Rocket ' Steam Engine - A Tunnel across the Mersey - Survey for a Junction Line between the Bolton and Leigh and Liverpool and Manchester Railways ...
... Locomotive - Mr. Henry Booth's Invention of the Multitubular Boiler Commencement of the ' Rocket ' Steam Engine - A Tunnel across the Mersey - Survey for a Junction Line between the Bolton and Leigh and Liverpool and Manchester Railways ...
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