“The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.”
Stephenson's locomotiveIn 1814, George Stephenson demonstrated the first successful flanged-wheel adhesion steam locomotive in England. Some other notable years in the evolution of the steam-powered locomotive: 1803: Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive in England. 1813: “Puffing Billy,” a steam locomotive was built by Englishman William Hedley, which was the first locomotive to haul 50-ton coal wagons at the Wylam Colliery near Newcastle. George Stephenson, who lived near this colliery designed his first locomotive - “Blucher” - in 1814 for a colliery.1829: The steam-powered locomotive, called “Rocket,” built by Robert Stephenson, was named the best locomotive to run on England's Liverpool to Manchester railroad in an English contest called the Rainhill Trials. |
