Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
James Richard Joy
Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
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Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
James Richard Joy · English
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IV STEPHENSON AND THE RAILWAY [GEORGE STEPHENSON, born, Wylam, near Newcastle, June 9, 1781; died, August 12, 1848; driver lad in a colliery; at fourteen, assistant to his father as fireman of colliery engines; at seventeen, engineman; at eighteen, learned to read in night school; 1812, enginewright at Killingworth colliery; 1814, operated his locomotive, "My Lord"; 1822, engineer of Stockton and Darlington Railroad (opened 1825); engineer of Liverpool and Manchester Railroad (opene
Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
James Richard Joy
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