Piercy, Willis Duff · New York, Charles E. Merrill company · leaf 42
oyed to help construct arailway between Liverpool and Manchester. The mosteminent engineers of the day predicted that the roadcould not be built. But it was built. On the fifteenthof September, 1830, Stephenson made a trial trip over theroad with an improved locomotive named the ^ Rocket.On the… … THE STEAM ENGINE 41 quickly built and soon they radiated from London tonearly every English seaport. Stephensons son, Robert, assisted him in the con-struction of the Rocket and later attained consider-able reputation as an engineer. It is claimed that George Stephenson was the in-ventor of the…
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