"Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket" / or, the story of the Stephensons and our Railways.
The narrative follows George Stephenson’s rise from childhood in a coal-mining community through hands-on work with engines, early self-education, and experiments on primitive tramroads; it describes his development of early locomotives like Puffing Billy, the design contests and technical puzzles that shaped the Rocket, and the social and engineering challenges of linking towns by rail. Interspersed are accounts of family life and practical ingenuity, and a moral strain urging diligence and Christian virtues, while chapters trace the gradual progress from wooden tramways to steam-powered railways and the opening of a new era of transport.
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The narrative follows George Stephenson’s rise from childhood in a coal-mining community through hands-on work with engines, early self-education, and experiments on primitive tramroads; it describes his development of early locomotives like Puffing Billy, the design contests and technical puzzles that shaped the Rocket, and the social and engineering challenges of linking towns by rail. Interspersed are accounts of family life and practical ingenuity, and a moral strain urging diligence and Christian virtues, while chapters trace the gradual progress from wooden tramways to steam-powered railways and the opening of a new era of transport.
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