| On offer at 25% discount - limited to current stocks The railways were the most revolutionary innovation of Victorian times. They carried Britain into the modern age with dramatic speed, transforming the pace and style of everyday life. We owe them to two men who, father and son, can lay claim to be the most important engineers of their time, George and Robert Stephenson. In this excellent biography L.T.C. Rolt author of Victorian Engineering and Thomas Telford, assesses their lives and their work. Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1 – The Years of Endeavour 1781-1830
- 1 – Early Days at Killingworth
- 2 – The Safety-Lamp Controversy
- 3 – The Birth of the Locomotive
- 4 – The Stockton & Darlington Railway
- 5 – A Rift in the Partnership
- 6 – The Mines of Santa Ana
- 7 – The First Railwaymen
- 8 – The Battle for the Locomotive
- 9 – The Completion of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
- Part 2 – The Years of Fame 1830-1859
- 10 – Rails to the South
- 11 – Building the London & Birmingham Railway
- 12 – Fame without Fortune
- 13 – The Stanhope & Tyne Fiasco
- 14 – George Stephenson – The Closing Years
- 15 – The Great Tubular Bridges
- 16 – The End of an Era
- Note on Sources and Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
Continent: Europe
Country: UK |
