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George and Robert Stephenson

Name: George and Robert Stephenson
Author: Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introduction Part 1 (27:17)
Introduction Part 2 (30:24)
Chapter 1 Newcastle and the Great Northern Coal Field (19:25)
Chapter 2 George Stephenson's Early Years (35:16)
Chapter 3 Engineman at Willington Quay (29:46)
Chapter 4 The Stephensons at Killingworth (27:24)
Chapter 5 Early History of the Locomotive (49:00)
Chapter 6 Invention of the 'Geordy' Safety Lamp (36:43)
Chapter 7 George Stephenson's further Improvement of the Locomotive (28:18)
Chapter 8 George Stephenson, Engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (42:26)
Chapter 9 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Projected (53:54)
Chapter 10 Chat Moss. Construction of the Railway (38:12)
Chapter 11 Robert Stephenson in Colombia, The 'Rocket' (51:24)
Chapter 12 Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (30:50)
Chapter 13 Robert Stephenson Constructs the London and Birmingham Railway (29:33)
Chapter 14 Manchester and Leeds and Midland Railways (39:42)
Chapter 15 George Stephenson's Coal Mines (51:09)
Chapter 16 Robert Stephenson's Career (36:22)
Chapter 17 Robert Stephenson's Tubular Bridges at Menai and Conway (35:41)
Chapter 18 George Stephenson's Closing Years - Illness and Death (29:23)
Chapter 19 Robert Stephenson's Illness and Death. Stephenson Characteristics (47:06)