Stephenson Collection (page 2)

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

Building the retaining wall near Park Street, Camden Town, London, 17th September 1836 (1838). Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway

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

Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, afterwards Countess of Mexborough, late 18th century (1894). Artist: William Dickinson
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, afterwards Countess of Mexborough, late 18th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

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

The British surrendering their arms to Gen: Washington, 1781, 1859. Artist: James Stephenson
The British surrendering their arms to Gen: Washington, 1781, 1859. Defeat at YorkTown, Virginia on October 1781. Cornwallis presents his sword in the Siege of Yorktown. After J. F

Railway and Swing Bridges, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, c1905. View of the Swing Bridge over the Tyne, with Robert Stephensons High Level Bridge in the background

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

England v Victoria at Melbourne, Australia, January 1862 (1912). Scene from a match on the first tour to Australia by an England cricket team. The England team was captained by HH Stephenson

Early locomotives, 19th century, (c1920). From the top left: Puffing Billy, 1813; The Locomotion, 1823;, The Rocket, 1829; and the Sans Pareil, 1829

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

Miss Stephenson, late 18th century, (1912). Artist: W Dickinson
Miss Stephenson, late 18th century, (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer, 1880. Artist: DJ Pound
Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer, 1880. Stephenson (1803-1859) was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed railway

Cabul, from the Bala Hissar, 1883. Artist: J Stephenson
Cabul, from the Bala Hissar, 1883. View of Kabul, Afghanistan, from the fort of Bala Hissar

Sebastopol, Ukraine, 19th century. Artist: J Stephenson
Sebastopol, Ukraine, 19th century. View of the harbour on the Black Sea

Liverpool, England, 1883. Artist: J Stephenson
Liverpool, England, 1883. View of the port of Liverpool on Merseyside, an important maritime centre

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

Sevastopol, a port city in Ukraine, 1893. Artist: J Stephenson
Sevastopol, a port city in Ukraine, 1893. An engraving from James Taylors The Age We Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time, William Mackenzie

Kabul from the Bala Hissar, Afghanistan, 1893. Artist: J Stephenson
Kabul from the Bala Hissar, Afghanistan, 1893. An Engraving from James Taylors The Age We Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time, William Mackenzie

The Rocket, Liverpool and Manchester Railways, 1829, (20th century)

Berkhamsted Station, Hertfordshire, on the London and Birmingham Railway, c1860. On top of the building on the left is a water tank for supplying locomotives while, on the right

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

Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the south-west, c1850. Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the south-west, c1850. This view shows the High Level Bridge built by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) between 1846 and 1849

View of Sunderland and the Iron Bridge looking eastwards, 1833. This single span cast iron bridge over the Wear at Wearmouth, Sunderland, was opened in 1796

Ventilation shaft in Kilsby Tunnel, Northamptonshire, London & Birmingham Railway, 1839. Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Ventilation shaft in Kilsby Tunnel, Northamptonshire, London & Birmingham Railway, 1839. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was appointed chief engineer of the London & Birmingham Railway (LBR)

The Britannia Tubular Bridge, Menai Strait, Wales, c1850. The Britannia Tubular Bridge with the Menai Suspension Bridge, a road bridge of 1826, in the background

High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, 1849. Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, c1849. The High Level Bridge was built to carry the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway over the River Tyne

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

Medal commemorating the centenary of the birth of George Stephenson, railway engineer, 1881
Medal commemorating the centenary of the birth of George Stephenson, British railway engineer (1781-1848), 1881. It shows the Rocket

The Conwy Tubular Bridge on the Chester & Holyhead Railway, North Wales, 1852. Artist: Alfred Ashley
The Conwy Tubular Bridge on the Chester & Holyhead Railway, North Wales, 1852. This bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson to carry the Chester and Holyhead Railway across the River at Conwy

Britannia Tubular Bridge over Menai Straits, Wales, c1850s
Britannia Tubular Bridge over Menai Straits, Wales, c 1850s. The Britannia Tubular Bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)

Stephensons Rocket winning the Rainhill Trials, 14 October 1829 (1898). George Stephensons (1781-1848) locomotive Rocket winning the competition held at Rainhill, Merseyside

Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. A large 12 square mile peat bog five miles west of Manchester, Chat Moss was considered unsuitable for the building of rail tracks

The Tunnel, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
The Tunnel, 1831. The worlds first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened on 15 September 1830. Its principal engineer was George Stephenson (1781-1848)

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, c1875

A Cold Reception and A Warm Welcome, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Cold Reception and A Warm Welcome, 1876. In the lefthand cartoon, the Queen of the Arctic is perched on top of the snowy peaks of the Arctic

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