Robert Stephenson

Engineer

Robert Stephenson

1803-1859 · British · 1 places

English civil engineer and son of George Stephenson, designer of the Rocket locomotive that won the 1829 Rainhill Trials. As chief engineer of the London and Birmingham Railway, opened in 1838, Stephenson supervised both the line and its …

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