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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.
George Stephenson was born at a small cottage at Wylam in June 1781. Timothy Hackworth's father was foreman blacksmith at the colliery and his son was born in the village in December 1786. Hackworth together with William Hedley and Jonathan Forster were involved in the development of the locomotive engine at the colliery.
Stephenson was born to Robert Stephenson Senior (brother of the famed George Stephenson) in Newcastle upon Tyne. In a family of civil engineers, his father was engineer of Pendleton Colliery and Nantlle Railway , while his uncle George Stephenson and cousin Robert Stephenson were prolific railway engineers.
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 ...
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]
The house also featured exhibits about Stephenson's Rocket, an early steam locomotive. The Museum is no longer open to the public. [1] The House was built circa 1750 [2] and is a Grade II* listed building. [3] When George Stephenson was born, in 1781, there would have been four families living in this humble two storey cottage. [4]
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His sons are George Jr., George III, George Foreman IV, George Foreman V and George Foreman VI. Georgetta Foreman shared a photo of her with Michi, Freeda and George III in 2020. View this post on ...