George Stephenson
Civil engineer, Inventor
1781 – 1848
Who was George Stephenson?
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", the Victorians considered him a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement, with self-help advocate Samuel Smiles particularly praising his achievements. His rail gauge of 4 feet 8 ¹⁄₂ inches, sometimes called "Stephenson gauge", is the standard gauge by name and by convention for most of the world's railways by far.
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1781
Wylam - Siblings
- Children
- Ethnicity
- English people
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Employment
- Black Callerton Colliery
- West Moor Pit
- Mining Project Engineer, Killingworth Colliery
(1803 - ) - Engineer, Liverpool and Manchester Railway
(1824 - )
- Lived in
- Killingworth Village
(1804 - ) - Montrose
- Killingworth Village
- Died
- Aug 12, 1848
Tapton House
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on July 23, 2013
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