Rainhill Trials. The greatest contest of industrial Britain and the birth of commercial rail
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- Author(s) McGowan, Christopher
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2004
- Pages 380pp; illus
- Publisher Little Brown
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Describes the trials of 1829, organised by the newly formed Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co, and their significance, with much also about the engines and work of George Stephenson [the 'Rocket'] and Timothy Hackworth ['Sans Pareil'] as well as the other three engine builders participating. Covers the significance of the Trials for the Stockton & Darlington Railway Co