The Rocket was designed and built by George Stephenson with the help of his son, Robert, and Henry Booth, for the 1829 Rainhill Trials. The Trials were held by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ...
Woman 1: This is Stephenson's Rocket. In 1829 it won the Rainhill Trials… a competition to decide on the best mode of transport for the railways. It achieved a top speed of 30 miles an hour ...
Robert Stephenson, called the greatest engineer of the nineteenth ... On 17th June 1829 he married Frances Sanderson but they had no children. His steam engine Rocket was entered for the Rainhill ...
...Rocket 150 at Rainhill. Brian Redhead reports from the 'Rocket 150' event held at Rainhill, Lancashire. (1980). We’re sorry, the information you’re looking for ...
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Bustling village with 'country-esque feel about it' that's growing in popularity by the dayit's mid-week and the sun is shining in Rainhill village, a place I haven't spent a lot of time in in years. The area is synonymous with steam train 'Stephenson's Rocket' and railways and while it ...
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