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George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. [1] Renowned as the "Father of Railways", [ 2 ] Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.
Locomotion was ordered by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company in September 1824; its design benefitted from George Stephenson's experience building his series of Killingworth locomotives. It is believed that Locomotion No. 1 was the first locomotive to make use of coupling rods to link together its driving wheels, reducing the chance of ...
Stephenson's safety lamp shown with Davy's lamp on the left. The Geordie lamp was a safety lamp for use in flammable atmospheres, invented by George Stephenson in 1815 as a miner's lamp to prevent explosions due to firedamp in coal mines.
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement.It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), held in October 1829 to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines.
Drawing of Blücher by Clement E. Stretton. Blücher (often spelled Blutcher) was built by George Stephenson in 1814; the first of a series of locomotives that he designed in the period 1814–16 which established his reputation as an engine designer and laid the foundations for his subsequent pivotal role in the development of the railways.
1712: The Newcomen Engine invented by Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729); from c. 1705 Newcomen was first to use a Beam engine to pump water from mines. 1815: The Davy lamp, a safety lamp, invented by Humphry Davy (1778–1829). 1815: The Geordie lamp, a safety lamp, invented by George Stephenson (1781–1848).
George Stephenson was jailed for life in October 1987 aged 36 after being convicted alongside two others of murdering four people, raping a woman and robbery a year earlier in what became known as ...
Steam warning devices have been used on trains since 1833, [8] when George Stephenson invented and patented a steam trumpet for use on the Leicester and Swannington Railway. [9] Period literature makes a distinction between a steam trumpet and a steam whistle. [10]