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Rail, steam, and speed
the "Rocket" and the birth of steam locomotion
By McGowan, Christopher
- ISBN
- 978-0-23113-474-3
- Publisher
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 2004
In October 1829, five entrants competed for the contract to supply motive power to Britain's new Liverpool and Manchester Railway. That competition, the technical developments leading up to it, and the later consequences are the basis of McGowan's history. McGowan provides biographical sketches of the major participants, such as the father-and-son team of George and Robert Stephenson, who not only won the compet...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
