George Stephenson's cottage at Wylam, Northumberland.
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Plaque on the cottage at Wylam. George Stephenson was more responsible for mechanical inventions so little of his work remains, he delegated much of the surveying and structural work to his son Robert who takes credit for all the works illustrated here.
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The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, built as a winding shed to haul trains up the incline outside Euston.
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The London and Birmingham railway at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, close to the site of the Great Train Robery.
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Euston Arch, the London terminus of the London - Birmingham - Liverpool Railway, demolished in 1962 to make way for modernisation of Euston Station.
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The High Level Bridge in Newcastle, built to carry the East Coast line and road traffic across the River Tyne. It was opened by Queen Victoria in September 1849.
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Conwy tubular bridge on the Chester Holyhead railway, opened in 1848.
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In the 1847 general election Robert Stephenson was elected as the Conservative member for Whitby (above), he was not an active member of the House, but did speak on engineering issues.
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The Royal Border Bridge, Berwick upon Tweed, part of the East Coast line, opened in 1850 by Queen Victoria.
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The Menai bridges, Stephenson's Britannia tubular bridge, opened on 18 March 1850, in the background and Thomas Telford's suspension bridge, opened on 30 January 1826, in the foreground.
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On 23 May 1970 some trespassers accidentally set fire to the Britannia Bridge's wooden insulation severely damaging the tubes. The stone piers were retained, but the tubes were replaced with this steel arch carrying the railway and adding an upper road deck to relieve local congestion, there are plans to add another road deck.
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Statue of Robert Stephenson in Euston Square.
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