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Robert Stephenson http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstephensonR.htm Founder of the first company in the world that built locomotives. Includes brief biography, photo and selections from the works of various writers. (1803-1859) Samuel Laing http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlaing.htm Law clerk who helped draft the 1844 Railway Act. Chairman of the London and Brighton Railway in 1848. Includes brief biography. (1812-1897) Sankey Viaduct http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAsankey.htm Nine arch brick structure on the Liverpool and Manchester line. Includes building details and illustration. Sans Pareil http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAsans.htm Steam locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth. Includes description, history and a drawing. Second Class Travel http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAsecond.htm Offered benches and were open at the sides. Includes brief details and lithograph. Southampton http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITsouthampton.htm Seaport standing on the peninsula between the mouths of the rivers Test and Itchen. Served by the London and Southampton Railway Company which began transporting people and goods between Southampton and London in 1837. Includes brief history. St Pancras Station http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstpancrasST.htm Designed by Gilbert Scott and built in 1868. Includes brief details and illustration. Steam Circus http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAcircular.htm Circular railway in London where people paid to ride in a carriage pulled by a locomotive. Includes brief details and illustration. Stockton and Darlington http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstockton.htm Opened on September 27, 1825. Includes brief history, painting and selections from works of various writers. Stoke http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITstoke.htm Became the center of the pottery industry. The North Staffordshire Railway opened its first line to Stoke in 1848. Includes brief history. Swansea http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITswansea.htm Situated on the south coast of Wales. Served by the Swansea and Mumbles horse-drawn line along Swansea Bay, that served local quarries and coal mines. Includes brief history. Swansea and Mumbles Railway http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAswansea.htm Opened for freight traffic in 1806 and transported passengers the following year. Became the first example of the regular conveyance of passengers by railway in the world. Includes brief history of the line. Swindon http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ITswindon.htm Small town until the coming of railways, located eighty miles from London. Station on the London to Bristol line and site of a locomotive works. Taff Vale Railway http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAtaff.htm Completed in 1841, Transported goods from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff. The Blutcher http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAblutcher.htm Steam locomotive, named for the general in the Prussian Army, who helped Britain to defeat Napoleon. Built by George Stephenson. Includes details and illustration. The Rocket http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RArocket.htm Locomotive built by Robert Stephenson in 1829. Includes description, history and a drawing. Third Class Travel http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAthird.htm Train carriages open at the sides and did not provide passengers with any protection from the weather or the pollution created by the locomotive. Thomas Brassey http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAbrassey.htm Builder of the Paris and Le Havre Railway in France, the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, the Caledonian Railway, the Great Northern Railway, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, and Grand Trunk Railway in Canada. (1805-1870) Thomas Bury http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAburyT.htm Artist who produced a series of paintings of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Includes illustration of the Liverpool Crown Street Station. (1811-1877) Thomas Creevey http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRcreevey.htm In the House of Commons led the fight against railways. Includes brief biography. (1768-1838) Timothy Hackworth http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAhackworth.htm Designer of steam locomotives. Includes brief biography and a drawing of his six-wheel engine, the Royal George. (1786-1850) Victoria http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAvictoria.htm Locomotive designed by Edward Bury for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Includes brief description and photo. William Arrol http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAarrol.htm Formed company that built a railway viaduct at Greenock and in 1878 secured the contract for the Caledonian Railway Bridge over the Clyde. Includes brief biography. (1839-1913) William Hedley http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAhedley.htm Produced steam locomotives, including Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly. Includes brief biography and photo. (1779-1843) William Hulton http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRhulton.htm Between 1824 and 1828 was involved in the planning and construction of the Bolton and Leigh Railway. In 1830 the line was linked to the Manchester and Liverpool Railway at Kenyon Junction. Includes brief biography. (1787-1864)
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