George Stephenson Collection

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. '...a view of the large building called "the fitting shop." It is here that

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. View representing '...as well as a wood-engraving can render such a subject

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. '...night view of that portion of the forging department containing the Nasmyth steam-hammers

The house in which George Stephenson was born, at Wylam, near Newcastle, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The house in which George Stephenson was born, at Wylam, near Newcastle, 1864. British engineer Stephenson's birthplace '...is a small red-tiled cottage-one of such as are inhabited by

The Birthplace of Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P. C.E. 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Birthplace of Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P. C.E. 1858. The cottage of the late Mr. George Stephenson, at Hillington, is in course of being pulled down

Tapton House, near Chesterfield, the Residence of the Late Mr. G. Stephenson, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Tapton House, near Chesterfield, the Residence of the Late Mr. G. Stephenson, 1858. Chesterfield has acquired a celebrity by its connection with the memory of the late celebrated George

The Monument to George Stephenson at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Monument to George Stephenson at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1862....a striking work of art, by Mr. John Graham Lough...It has been erected by public subscription in Neville-street...adjoining the Central

Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator: SG Hughes
Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotives on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR)

Locomotion no 1, built for the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII

Mr Stephenson putting in the last rivet, 1886. From Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, volume I

Early railway Coaches, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, 1831, (c1900-1920). The first steam locomotives with three different classes of railway travel

Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Top: goods train drawn by the locomotive Liverpool. Bottom: cattle train drawn by the locomotive Fury

G. Stephenson, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

George Stephenson, c1849, (1945). Creator: Unknown
George Stephenson, c1849, (1945). Portrait of George Stephenson (1781-1848), English mechanical engineer and inventor of the railway engine. After a painting of 1849

William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). Creator: Unknown
William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). William Huskisson (1770- 1830) British statesman, financier and MP during reign of George IV. Educated at Appleby Grammar School

Chesterfield, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Chesterfield, c1910. George Stephenson, the great Engineer, settled here. Population, 37, 400. Countryside near the town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire

A Striking Contrast, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Striking Contrast, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

George Stephensons Birthplace, Wylam, c1896. Artist: GW Wilson and Company
George Stephensons Birthplace, Wylam, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Rainhill Bridge, Chat Moss, near Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Rainhill Bridge, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Moorish Arch, looking from the Tunnel, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Moorish Arch, looking from the Tunnel, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Near Liverpool, looking Towards Manchester, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Near Liverpool, looking towards Manchester, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Warehouses &c at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, London, c1831. Artist
Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines

Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, Warrington, Cheshire, February 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Viaduct Across the Sankey Valley, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Excavation of Olive Mount, 4 miles from Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Excavation of Olive Mount, 4 Miles from Liverpool, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Train Number One, July 1925. A re-enactment of the first train journey, made by George Stephensons Locomotion no 1 on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825

The Tunnel, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
The Tunnel, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Near Liverpool, looking towards Manchester, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Taking in Water at Parkside, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

View of the Railway across Chat Moss, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Trains on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1832-1833. Artist: SG Hughes
Trains on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1832-1833. A train of wagons (top) and a train of cattle, sheep and pigs (bottom), on the worlds first intercity railway

Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, Liverpool, 1832-1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Coloured view of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1832-1833. Artist: SG Hughes
Coloured view of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 1832-1833. The worlds first steam railway opened on 15 September 1830

George Stephensons Rocket, c1905. On 11 October 1829 Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway

Coaches employed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
Coaches employed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. The locomotive Northumbrian, various passenger carriages and carriages for cattle. Plate 7 from Liverpool & Manchester Railway

The Rocket, locomotive designed by George Stephenson in 1829, c1905. On 11 October 1829 Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, 1829 (1892). On 11 October 1829 Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway

George Stephensons Birthplace, Wylam, c1900. Artist: GW Wilson and Company
George Stephensons Birthplace, Wylam, c1900. George Stephenson (9 June 1781 - 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer, his Birthplace is the 18th-century stone cottage

George Stephenson, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
George Stephenson (1781-1848), English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled Celebrities of British History produced by Carreas Ltd, 1935

Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. Artist: John Davies
Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. This tunnel, seen here under construction ran from Edge Hill to Lime Street, Liverpool

The Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1900). Opened on 27 September, 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) was the worlds first public railway

The Queens visit to the Britannia Tubular Bridge, Wales, c1888. Queen Victoria visits George Stephensons bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the Welsh mainland

George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer, (1899). Artist: E Stodart
George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer, (1899). In 1813 Stephenson (1781-1848) was commissioned to design his first steam locomotive, Blucher, for the Killingworth Colliery in Tyne and Wear

The Iron Horse Past and Present, c1900. The development of the railway locomotive from George Stephensons Rocket of 1829, through North Star which worked on the Great Western Railway 1836-1870

Facade of Lime Street Station, Liverpool, 1838. This was one of the stations on the worlds first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened on 15 September 1830

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, 1829 (1859). On 11 October 1829 Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, 1829 (1900). On 11 October 1829 Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway

Brandreths horse powered locomotive Cycloped, 1829. Plate taken from History and Progress of the Steam Engine, 1831 by Elijah Galloway

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