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  2. George Stephenson - Wikipedia

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    George Stephenson (9 June 1781 ... In Liverpool, where he lived at 34 Upper Parliament Street, a City of Liverpool Heritage Plaque is situated next to the front door.

  3. Liverpool and Manchester Railway - Wikipedia

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    The first bill was rejected but the second passed as the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Act 1826 (7 Geo. 4. c. xlix) in May the following year. [22] In Liverpool 172 people bought 1,979 shares, in London 96 took 844, Manchester 15 with 124, 24 others with 286. The Marquess of Stafford held 1,000, making 308 shareholders with 4,233 shares.

  4. Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - Wikipedia

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    George Stephenson, engineer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) was founded on 24 May 1823 by Liverpool merchants Joseph Sandars and Henry Booth, [1] [failed verification] [note 1] [note 2] with the aim of linking the textile mills of Manchester to the nearest deep water port at the Port of Liverpool.

  5. River Irwell Railway Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The stone railway bridge, built in 1830 by George Stephenson, was part of Liverpool Road railway station. [1] The bridge was designated a Grade I listed building on 19 June 1988. [1] The bridge was built by the L&MR on its line between Liverpool and Manchester. The bridge spanned the Irwell just before the terminus at Liverpool Road and was not ...

  6. Rainhill trials - Wikipedia

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    Later conjectural drawing of the Rainhill trials. In the foreground is Rocket and in the background are Sans Pareil (right) and Novelty.. The Rainhill trials were a competition run from the 6 to 14 October 1829, to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would have the best motive power for the then nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR). [1]

  7. List of Liverpool and Manchester Railway locomotives

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    Stephenson's Rocket of 1829 This is a list of locomotives that were used or trialled on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) during its construction, at the Rainhill Trials, and until absorption by the Grand Junction Railway in 1845. The rate of progress led to quite a rapid turnover in the operating roster. Writing in 1835, Count de Pambour found that of the L&MR's then thirty engines ...

  8. Wapping Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The tunnel alignment is roughly east to west. The tunnel was designed by George Stephenson with construction between 1826 and 1829 to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and all locations up to Manchester, as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. [1]

  9. List of commemorative plaques in Merseyside - Wikipedia

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    George Stephenson: 34 Upper Parliament Street 1781–1848 George Stephenson Chief Engineer Liverpool & Manchester Railway Lived Here : Person Gerrard Manley Hopkins St Francis Xavier, Salisbury Street 1844–1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins S.J. Poet Served As A Priest 1879–1881 : Person Goree Warehouses 25 Beetham Plaza