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John Blenkinsop http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAblenkinsop.htm Produced locomotives, including the Salamanca, which weighed five tons and was capable of hauling a load of ninety tons at four mph. Includes brief description. John Cooke Bourne http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbourne.htm Lithograph artist who produced the book, Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway. Includes illustration. (1814-1896) John Leech http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAleech.htm Illlustrator who produced a series of cartoons attacking railway mania and warning of the dangers of rail transport. (1817-1864) John Rastrick http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RArastrick.htm Engineer of the Stratford and Moreton Railway, the London and Brighton, the Bolton and Preston, Gravesend and Rochester, and the Nottingham and Grantham line. Includes brief biography. (1780-1856) Joseph Locke http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlocke.htm Joint chief engineer of the Grand Junction Railway. Became first railway engineer to realize locomotives would gradually be able to overcome steep gradients. (1805-1860) Joseph Sandars http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAsandars.htm Formed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company. Includes brief biography. Kilsby Tunnel http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAkilsby.htm Part of the London and Birmingham line. Was 2,400 yards long and took 1,250 men nearly two years to build. Includes brief history of engineering problems. L & M Railway Company http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAliverpool.htm Was 31 miles long and consisted of a double line of rails of the fish-bellied type and laid on stone or timber sleepers. Includes brief history and illustration. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAyorkshire.htm Formed when the Manchester and Leeds Railway acquired eight smaller companies. Includes brief history of the line. Lancashire Witch http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlancashire.htm Locomotive built by Robert Stephenson in 1828. Includes description and drawing. Leeds http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITleeds.htm Wool center of England in the 16th century. Had the oldest horse-drawn railroad in the world, built in 1758. Was a station on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. Includes brief history and painting by Atkinson Grimshaw. Leeds and Selby http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAselby.htm Authorized by Parliament in 1830. Includes brief history of the line. Leicester http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITleicester.htm Capital of Coritani in Roman Britain and became an important center of hosiery manufacture during the 18th century. Includes brief history of its railway lines. Liverpool http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITliverpool.htm Port on the north bank of the estuary of the Mersey. The Liverpool and Manchester railway opened in 1830 and was a great success. Includes brief history, painting by Atkinson Grimshaw and selections from various authors. Liverpool Station http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAliverpoolST.htm Served passengers as well as goods facilities and accommodation for coal merchants. Relegated to a goods and engineering maintenance depot in 1836. Includes painting by Thomas Bury. Locomotion http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlocomotion.htm First railway locomotive built in September, 1825. Includes brief history and illustration. London http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITlondon.htm Settled by the Romans in the first century A.D. and known as Londinium. Includes brief history of its railway lines, a painting by Jan Griffier and selections from the writings of various authors. London and Birmingham http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbirmingham.htm Opened in stages and finally completed in 1838. Was 112 miles long and took 20,000 men nearly five years to build. Includes brief history and illustration. London and Brighton Railway http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbrighton.htm Completed in September, 1841 and used over 3,500 men and 570 horses in its construction. Includes brief history and selections from various writers. London and Croydon Railway http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAcroydon.htm Opened in 1839. Merged later with the London and Brighton line. Includes brief history. London and Greenwich http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAgreenwich.htm Opened in 1836. Includes brief history and illustration. London and North Western Railway http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAnorthwestern.htm Amalgamation of three companies, London and Birmingham, Grand Junction Railway, and Manchester and Birmingham in 1846. Includes brief history. London Bridge Station http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlondonST.htm Designed by Thomas Turner and Henry Roberts and became the administrative headquarters of the London and Brighton Railway. Includes illustration. Manchester http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITmanchester.htm Situated on the east bank of the River Irwell and was noted for its cotton industry. Includes brief history of its railway lines and selections from the works of various writers. Manchester and Leeds http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAmanchester.htm Opened in 1839. Includes brief details of its construction.
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