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| name = George Stephenson |
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| image = GeorgeStephenson.PNG |
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| nationality = [[English people|English]] |
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| citizenship = [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] |
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| caption = [[Engineer]] and [[Inventor]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1781|6|9}} |
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| birth_place = [[Wylam]], [[Northumberland]], [[England]] |
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| death_date = {{death date |df=yes|1848|8|12|}} (age 67) |
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| death_place = [[Tapton House]], [[Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]], [[England]] |
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| resting_place = Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield |
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'''George Stephenson''' (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an [[England|English]] [[civil engineer]] and [[mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] who built the first public railway line in the world to use [[steam engine|steam]] [[locomotive]]s. Renowned as being the "Father of Railways", the [[Victorian era|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 {{convert|4|ft|8+1/2|in|mm}}, sometimes called "Stephenson gauge", is the world's [[standard gauge]]. |
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==Early life== |
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[[File:George Stephenson - Project Gutenberg etext 13103.jpg|150px|thumb|George Stephenson]] |
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George Stephenson was born in [[Wylam]], [[Northumberland]], {{convert|9.3|mi|km}} west of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. He was the second child of Robert and Mabel,<ref name="odnb">{{cite book|last=Kirby|first=M. W.|title=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, England|year=1984|edition=2|chapter=Stephenson, George (1781–1848)}}</ref> neither of whom could read or write. Robert was the fireman for Wylam Colliery pumping engine, earning a very low wage, so that there was no money for schooling. At 17, Stephenson became an engineman at Water Row Pit, [[Newburn]]. George realised the value of education and paid to study at night school to learn reading, writing and arithmetic—he was illiterate till the age of 18. In 1801 he began work at Black Callerton colliery as a 'brakesman', controlling the winding gear of the pit. In 1802 he married Frances (Fanny) Henderson and moved to Willington Quay, east of Newcastle. There he worked as a brakesman while they lived in one room of a cottage. George made shoes and mended clocks to supplement his income. |
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[[File:Longbenton - Dial Cottage, Westmoor.jpg|right|thumb|Dial Cottage, West Moor, Killingworth]] |
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In 1803 their son [[Robert Stephenson|Robert]] was born, and in 1804 they moved to [[West Moor]], near [[Killingworth]] while George worked as a brakesman at Killingworth pit. His wife gave birth to a daughter, who died after a few weeks, and in 1806 Fanny died of consumption (tuberculosis). George then decided to find work in Scotland, and he left Robert with a local woman while he went to work in [[Montrose, Angus|Montrose]]. After a few months he returned, probably because his father was blinded in a mining accident. George moved back into his cottage at West Moor and his unmarried sister Eleanor moved in to look after Robert. In 1811 the pumping engine at High Pit, Killingworth was not working properly and Stephenson offered to fix it. He did so with such success that he was soon promoted to enginewright for the neighbouring collieries at Killingworth, responsible for maintaining and repairing all of the colliery engines. He soon became an expert in steam-driven machinery.<ref name="Davies">{{cite book |author=Davies, Hunter |year=1975 |title=George Stephenson |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |isbn=0-297-76934-0}}</ref> |
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==The miners' safety lamp== |
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[[File:Stephenson-safety-lamp.jpg|thumb|Stephenson's safety lamp shown with Davy's lamp on the left]] |
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In 1815, aware of the explosions often caused in mines by naked flames, Stephenson began to experiment with a [[safety lamp]] that would burn without causing an explosion. At the same time, Cornishman [[Humphry Davy|Sir Humphry Davy]], the eminent scientist was also looking at the problem. Despite his lack of any scientific knowledge, Stephenson, by trial and error, devised a lamp in which the air entered via tiny holes. Stephenson demonstrated the lamp himself to two witnesses by taking it down Killingworth colliery and holding it directly in front of a fissure from which [[fire damp]] was issuing. This was a month before Davy presented his design to the [[Royal Society]]. The two designs differed in that, the Davy's lamp was surrounded by a screen of gauze, whereas Stephenson's lamp was contained in a glass cylinder. For his invention Davy was awarded £2,000, whilst Stephenson was accused of stealing the idea from Davy. A local committee of enquiry exonerated Stephenson, proved that he had been working separately and awarded him £1,000 but Davy and his supporters refused to accept this. They could not see how an uneducated man such as Stephenson could come up with the solution that he had. In 1833 a [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] committee found that Stephenson had equal claim to having invented the safety lamp. Davy went to his grave believing that Stephenson had stolen his idea. The Stephenson lamp was used exclusively in the North East, whereas the Davy lamp was used everywhere else. The experience with Davy gave Stephenson a life-long distrust of London-based, theoretical, scientific experts.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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There is a theory that it was Stephenson who indirectly gave the name of ''[[Geordie]]s'' to the people of Tyneside. By this theory, the name of the ''[[Geordie lamp]]'' attached to the pit men themselves. By 1866 any native of [[Tyneside]] could be called a ''Geordie''.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Oxford English Dictionary]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, England|year=1989|edition=2|chapter=Geordie}}</ref> |
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==Early locomotives== |
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Cornishman [[Richard Trevithick]] is credited with the first realistic design of the steam locomotive in 1802. Later, he visited Tyneside and built an engine there for a mine-owner. Several local men were inspired by this, and designed engines of their own. |
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[[File:Killingworth-locomotive.jpg|thumb|Locomotive constructed in 1816 by Stephenson for the Killingworth Colliery]] |
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Stephenson designed his first locomotive in 1814, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway, and named ''[[Blücher (locomotive)|Blücher]]'' after the [[Prussia]]n general [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher]]. It was constructed in the colliery workshop behind Stephenson's home, Dial Cottage, on Great Lime Road. This locomotive could haul 30 tons of coal up a hill at {{convert|4|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, and was the first successful flanged-wheel adhesion locomotive: its traction depended only on the contact between its flanged wheels and the rail. Altogether, Stephenson is said to have produced 16 locomotives at Killingworth,<ref name="Davies"/> although it has never proved possible to produce a convincing list of all 16. Of those that have been identified most were built for use at Killingworth itself or for the [[Hetton colliery railway]]. A six-wheeled locomotive was built for the [[Kilmarnock and Troon Railway]] in 1817 but it was soon withdrawn from service because of damage to the cast iron rails.<ref>Smiles (1857)</ref> A further locomotive was supplied to Scott's Pit railroad at [[Llansamlet]], near [[Swansea]] in 1819 but it too was soon withdrawn, apparently because it was under-boilered and also because of damage to the track.<ref>Paul Reynolds, 'George Stephenson's 1819 Llansamlet locomotive' in M.J.T. Lewis (ed.), ''Early Railways 2: papers from the Second International Early Railways Conference'' (London : Newcomen Society, 2003), pp 165–76</ref> |
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[[File:stephenson-rail-patent.jpg|right|thumb|Rail with half-lap joint, patented by Stevenson 1816]] |
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The new engines were too heavy to be run on wooden rails, and iron rails were in their infancy, with [[cast iron]] exhibiting excessive brittleness. Together with [[William Losh]], Stephenson improved the design of cast iron rails to reduce breakage; these were briefly made by [[Losh, Wilson and Bell]] at their Walker ironworks. According to Rolt, he also managed to solve the problem caused by the weight of the engine upon these primitive rails. He experimented with a 'steam spring' (to 'cushion' the weight using steam pressure), but soon followed the new practice of 'distributing' weight by utilising a number of wheels. For the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], however, Stephenson would use only [[wrought iron]] rails, notwithstanding the financial loss he would suffer from not using his own, patented design (see below).<ref>{{cite book|last=Nock|first=Oswald|authorlink=O. S. Nock|title=The Railway Engineers|publisher=Batsford|location=London|year=1955|page=62|chapter=Building the first main lines}}</ref> |
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Stephenson was hired to build an 8-mile (13-km) railway from [[Hetton colliery railway|Hetton colliery]] to [[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]] in 1820. The finished result used a combination of gravity on downward inclines and locomotives for level and upward stretches. It was the first railway using no animal power. |
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Other locomotives include: |
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* 1817-1848 '''The Duke''' for the [[Kilmarnock and Troon Railway]] |
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==Stockton and Darlington Railway== |
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[[File:Stephenson-No.1-engine.jpg|thumb|The No. 1 engine, called ''Locomotion'', for the Stockton & Darlington Railway]] |
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In 1821, a parliamentary bill was passed to allow the building of the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]] (S&DR). The {{convert|25|mi|km|sing=on}} railway was intended to connect various collieries situated near [[Bishop Auckland]] to the [[River Tees]] at [[Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton]], passing through [[Darlington]] on the way. The original plan was to use horses to draw coal carts on metal rails, but after company director [[Edward Pease (1767-1858)|Edward Pease]] met Stephenson he agreed to change the plans. |
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Stephenson surveyed the line in 1821, assisted by his eighteen-year-old son Robert. That same year construction of the line began.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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[[File:Stephenson-Experiment-.jpg|thumb|The Experiment - the first railway carriage]] |
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A manufacturer was now needed to provide the locomotives for the new line. As it turned out, Pease and Stephenson jointly established a company in Newcastle to manufacture locomotives. The company was set up as [[Robert Stephenson and Company]], and George's son Robert was the managing director. A fourth partner was Michael Longridge of [[Bedlington Ironworks]].<ref name="Davies"/> On an early trade card, Robert Stephenson & Co were described as "Engineers, Millwrights & Machinists, Brass & Iron Founders".<ref name=EllisandMorse>{{cite book |title=Steaming through Britain |first1=Chris |last1=Ellis |first2=Greg |last2=Morse |publisher=Conway |location=London |year=2010 |page=47 |isbn=978-1-84486-121-7}}</ref> In September 1825 the works at Forth Street, Newcastle completed the first locomotive for the new railway: originally named ''Active'', it was soon renamed ''[[Locomotion No 1|Locomotion]]''. It was followed by "Hope", "Diligence" and "Black Diamond". The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened on 27 September 1825. Driven by Stephenson, ''Locomotion'' hauled an 80-ton load of coal and flour nine miles (15 km) in two hours, reaching a speed of 24 miles per hour (39 km/h) on one stretch. The first purpose-built passenger car, dubbed ''Experiment'', was attached, and carried dignitaries on the opening journey. It was the first time passenger traffic had been run on a steam locomotive railway.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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The rails used for the new line were wrought-iron ones, produced by [[John Birkinshaw]] at the [[Bedlington Ironworks]]. Wrought-iron rails could be produced in much longer lengths than the cast-iron ones and were much less liable to crack under the weight of heavy locomotives. [[William Losh]] of Walker Ironworks had thought that he had an agreement with Stephenson to use his cast-iron rails, and Stephenson's decision caused a permanent rift between the two men. The gauge that Stephenson chose for the line was {{convert|4|ft|8+1/2|in|mm}}, and this subsequently came to be adopted as the standard gauge for railways, not only in Britain, but also throughout the world.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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==Liverpool and Manchester Railway== |
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[[File:George Stephenson - National Railway Museum - 2005-10-15.jpg|thumb|Statue of George Stephenson at the [[National Railway Museum]], [[York]]]] |
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[[File:First passenger railway 1830.jpg|left|thumb|First passenger railway, L&MR]] |
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Stephenson had ascertained by experiments at Killingworth that half of the power of the locomotive was consumed by a gradient as little as 1 in 260.<ref>{{harvnb|Smiles|1862|p=244}}</ref> He came to the conclusion that railways should be kept as level as possible. He used this knowledge while working on the [[Bolton and Leigh Railway]], and the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]] (L&MR), executing a series of difficult cuts, embankments and stone viaducts to smooth the route the railways took. Defective surveying of the original route of the L&MR caused by the hostility of some of the affected landowners meant that Stephenson encountered difficulty during Parliamentary scrutiny of the original bill, especially under [[cross-examination]] by [[Edward Hall Alderson]]. The Bill was rejected. A revised bill with a new alignment was submitted and passed in a subsequent session. The revised alignment presented a considerable problem: the crossing of [[Chat Moss]], an apparently bottomless peat bog, which Stephenson eventually overcame by unusual means, effectively floating the line across it.<ref name="Davies"/> The method he used was almost exactly the same as that used by [[John Metcalf]] during his construction of many miles of road through marshes in the Pennines. He would lay a foundation of heather and branches bound together by the weight of the passing coaches with a layer of stones on top. |
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As the L&MR approached completion in 1829, its directors arranged for a competition to decide who would build its locomotives, and the [[Rainhill Trials]] were run in October 1829. Entries could weigh no more than six tons and had to travel along the track for a total distance of {{convert|60|mi|km}}. Stephenson's entry was ''[[Stephenson's Rocket|Rocket]]'', and its performance in winning the contest made it famous. George's son Robert had been working in South America from 1824 to 1827 and had returned to run the Forth Street Works while George was living in [[Liverpool]] and overseeing the construction of the new line. Robert was very much responsible for the detailed design of Rocket, although he was in constant postal communication with George, who made many suggestions on the design. One significant innovation was the use of a [[fire-tube boiler]], invented by French engineer [[Marc Seguin]] that gave improved heat exchange. This was suggested by [[Henry Booth]], the treasurer of the L&MR.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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The [[Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway|opening ceremony of the L&MR]], on 15 September 1830, was a considerable event, drawing luminaries from the government and industry, including the Prime Minister, the [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Duke of Wellington]]. The day started with a procession of eight trains setting out from Liverpool. The parade was led by [[Northumbrian (locomotive)|"Northumbrian"]] driven by George Stephenson, and included "Phoenix" driven by his son Robert, "North Star" driven by his brother Robert and "Rocket" driven by assistant engineer [[Joseph Locke]]. The day was marred by the death of [[William Huskisson]], the [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Liverpool]], who was struck and killed by ''Rocket''. Stephenson in person evacuated the injured Huskisson to [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]] with a train, but the injury was beyond help. Despite this tragedy the railway was a resounding success. Stephenson became famous, and was offered the position of chief engineer for a wide variety of other railways.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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==Stephenson's skew arch bridge== |
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[[File:Stephensonbridge1.jpg|left|thumb|Stephensons Bridge]] |
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[[File:StephensonBridgeClose.jpg|right|thumb|A close-up of the technique]] |
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1830 also saw the grand opening of the [[skew arch|skew bridge]] in Rainhill as part of the grand opening of the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]]. The bridge was the first to cross any railway at an angle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rainhillparish.org.uk/rhistory.htm |title=Railway History |publisher=Rainhill Parish Council }}</ref> This required the structure to be constructed as two flat planes (overlapping in this case by 6') between which the stonework forms a parallelogram shape when viewed from above. This has the effect of flattening the arch and the solution is to lay the bricks forming the arch at an angle to the abutments (the piers on which the arches rest). This technique, which results in a spiral effect in the arch masonry, provides extra strength in the arch to compensate for the angled abutments.<ref>{{cite book | author=Simmons, Jack and Biddle, Gordon | title=The Oxford companion to British railway history | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1997 | pages=45–47 |isbn=0-19-211697-5}}</ref> |
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The bridge is still in use at [[Rainhill railway station]], and carries traffic on the busy A57 (Warrington Road). The bridge is now a [[Listed building|listed structure]]. |
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==Later career== |
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The next ten years were the busiest of Stephenson's life, as he was besieged with requests from railway promoters. Many of the first American railroad builders came to Newcastle to learn from Stephenson, and indeed, the first dozen or so locomotives utilized in the U.S. were purchased from the Stephenson shops. Other talented men were starting to make their marks, such as his son Robert, his pupil [[Joseph Locke]] and finally [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]. His conservative views on the capabilities of locomotives meant that he favoured circuitous routes and civil engineering that were more costly than his successors thought necessary. For example, rather than the [[West Coast Main Line]] taking the direct route favoured by [[Joseph Locke]] over [[Lancaster and Carlisle Railway|Shap]] between [[City of Lancaster|Lancaster]] and [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]], Stephenson was in favour of a longer sea-level route via [[Ulverston]] and [[Whitehaven]]. Locke's route was the one built. Stephenson also tended to be more casual in estimating costs and paperwork in general. He worked with Joseph Locke on the [[Grand Junction Railway]] with one half of the line allocated to each man. Stephenson's estimates and organising ability proved to be inferior to those of Locke and the board's dis-satisfaction led to Stephenson's resignation. This caused a rift between Stephenson and Locke, which was never healed.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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Despite Stephenson's losing some routes to competitors due to his caution, he was offered more work than he could cope with, and was unable to accept offers for additional work. He worked on the [[North Midland Railway|North Midland]] line from Derby to Leeds, the [[York and North Midland Railway|York and North Midland]] line from Normanton to York, the [[Manchester and Leeds Railway|Manchester and Leeds]], the [[Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway|Birmingham and Derby]], the [[Sheffield and Rotherham Railway|Sheffield and Rotherham]] among many others.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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Stephenson tended to become a reassuring name, rather than a cutting-edge technical adviser. He was the first president of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] on its formation in 1847. He had by this time settled into semi-retirement, supervising his mining interests in Derbyshire - tunnelling work for the [[North Midland Railway]] had revealed unworked coal seams, and Stephenson put much of his money into their exploitation. |
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==Personal life== |
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George first courted Elizabeth (Betty) Hindmarsh, a farmer's daughter from Black Callerton, whom he would meet secretly in her orchard. Her father Thomas refused marriage because of Stephenson's lowly status as a miner.<ref> |
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Samuel Smiles disputes this account, saying that Miss Hindmarsh's brother assured him that she didn't meet him before 1818 or 19. See ''Lives of the Engineers'' 1862 vol 3. p116 (footnote). |
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</ref> George next paid attention to Anne Henderson where he lodged with her family, but when she also rejected him he transferred his attentions to her sister Frances (Fanny), who was nine years his senior. |
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George and Fanny married at [http://www.newburnparish.co.uk Newburn Church] on 28 November 1802. They had two children [[Robert Stephenson|Robert]] (1803) and Fanny (1805) but the girl died within months, and George's wife died, probably of tuberculosis or, the year after. While George was away working in Scotland, Robert was brought up by a succession of neighbors and then by George's unmarried sister Eleanor (Nelly), who continued living with them in Killingworth on George's return. |
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On 29 March 1820, George (now considerably wealthier) was finally allowed to marry Betty Hindmarsh at Newburn. The marriage seems to have been a happy one, but there were no children from this union, and Betty died in 1845. |
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On 11 January 1848, at St John's Church in [[Shrewsbury]], George married for the third time, to Ellen Gregory, another farmer's daughter originally from [[Bakewell]] in Derbyshire, who had been his housekeeper. Six months after his wedding, George contracted [[pleurisy]] and died, aged 67, on 12 August 1848 at [[Tapton House]] in [[Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]]. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield, alongside his second wife.<ref name="Davies"/> |
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===Descendants=== |
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George Stephenson had two children: |
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*[[Robert Stephenson|Robert]] was born on 16 October 1803 and married Frances Sanderson, daughter of a City of London professional John Sanderson, on 17 June 1829. Robert died in 1859 having no children. |
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*His daughter was born in 1805 but died within weeks of her birth. |
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==Legacy== |
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Britain led the world in the development of railways and this acted as a stimulus for the industrial revolution, by facilitating the transport of raw materials and manufactured goods. George Stephenson cannot claim to have invented the locomotive. [[Richard Trevithick]] deserves that credit. George Stephenson, with his work on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, paved the way for the railway engineers who were to follow, such as his son [[Robert Stephenson|Robert]], his assistant [[Joseph Locke]] who went on to carry out much work on his own account and [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]. These men were following in his footsteps. Stephenson was also farsighted in realising that the individual lines being built would eventually join together, and would need to have the same gauge. The standard gauge used throughout much of the world is due to him. |
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==Memorials and commemorations== |
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===Birthplace=== |
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[[File:George Stephenson - geograph.org.uk - 2315455.jpg|thumb|right|George Stephenson statue, Chesterfield March 2011]] |
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[[George Stephenson's Birthplace]] is an 18th century [[historic house museum]] in the village of [[Wylam]], and is operated by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. |
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===Memorabilia=== |
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[[Chesterfield Museum]] in [[Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]], has a gallery of Stephenson memorabilia, including the straight thick glass tubes that he invented for the purpose of growing straight [[cucumber]]s. |
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The museum is located within the [[Stephenson Memorial Hall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/346754|title=SK3871: Stephenson Memorial Hall |publisher=[[Geograph]]|accessdate=May 13, 2011}}</ref> (which also incorporates the Pomegranate Theatre, formerly the Chesterfield Civic Theatre) and adjacent to Stephensons Place, located roughly mid distance between Stephenson's final home at Tapton House and his resting place in Trinity Church. |
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===Academic buildings=== |
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[[George Stephenson College]], founded in 2001 on the [[Durham University|University of Durham's]] Queen's Campus in [[Stockton-on-Tees]], is named after him, with the student union bar being named The Rocket. Also named after him and his son is [[George Stephenson High School]] in Killingworth, Stephenson Memorial Primary School in [[Howdon]], the [[Stephenson Railway Museum]] in [[North Shields]] and the [[Stephenson Locomotive Society]]. The Stephenson Centre, an SEBD Unit of Beaumont Hill School in Darlington, is also named after George Stephenson. |
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===Statues and monuments=== |
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As a tribute to his life and works, a bronze statue of Stephenson was unveiled at [[Chesterfield railway station]] (which is overlooked by [[Tapton House]], where Stephenson spent the last ten years of his life) on 28 October 2005, marking the completion of improvements to the station. At the event a full-size working replica of the ''[[Stephenson's Rocket|Rocket]]'' was on show, which then spent two days on public display at the Chesterfield Market Festival. A statue of George dressed in classical robes stands in Neville Street, Newcastle, facing the building that houses [http://www.litandphil.org.uk the Literary and Philosophical Society] and [http://www.mininginstitute.org.uk the Mining Institute], and near to [[Newcastle railway station]]. |
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===Banknotes=== |
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From 1990 until 2003, Stephenson's portrait appeared on the reverse of Series E £5 [[Banknotes of the pound sterling|notes]] issued by the [[Bank of England note issues|Bank of England]]. Stephenson's face is shown alongside an engraving of his Rocket steam engine and the [[Skerne Bridge]] on the Stockton to Darlington Railway. His image was replaced in 2003 by that of [[Elizabeth Fry]].<ref name="bankofengland">{{cite web|url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/denom_guide/index.htm|title=Withdrawn banknotes reference guide|publisher=Bank of England|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[History of Science and Technology]] |
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* [[Industrial Revolution]] |
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* [[Train]] |
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* [[Robert Stephenson]] |
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* [[Robert Stephenson and Company]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==Biographical works== |
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* {{cite book |last= Smiles |first= Samuel |authorlink= Samuel Smiles |coauthors= |title= The Life of George Stephenson |year= 1857|publisher= |location= London |isbn= }} |
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* {{cite book |last= Davies |first= Hunter |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= George Stephenson: The Remarkable Life of the Founder of Railways |year= 2004 |publisher= Sutton Publishing |location= Stroud |isbn= 978-0-7509-3795-5 }} |
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* {{cite book |last= Rolt |first= L.T.C. |authorlink=L. T. C. Rolt |coauthors= |title= George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution |year= 1960 |publisher= Penguin |location= London |isbn= 978-0-14-007646-2}} |
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* {{Cite book |
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|last=Ross |first=David |
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|year=2010 |
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|title=George and Robert Stephenson: A Passion for Success |
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|publisher=History Press |location=Stroud |
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|isbn=978-0-7524-5277-7 |
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}} |
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==External links== |
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{{wikiquote}} |
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* [http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/stephensono.htm Biography] |
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* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstephensonG.htm Biography] |
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* [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrailroad7.htm Biography] |
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* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-georgestephensonsbirthplace/ Stephenson's birthplace] |
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[[ko:조지 스티븐슨]] |
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[[uk:Джордж Стівенсон]] |
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[[zh:喬治·史蒂芬生]] |
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