Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester...

baseball coach George Stephenson (1781–1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket George Robert Stephenson (engineer) (1819–1905)...

length of level track at Rainhill, in Lancashire (now Merseyside). Stephenson's Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials, and was declared...

each man. Stephenson's estimates and organising ability proved inferior to those of Locke and the board's dissatisfaction led to Stephenson's resignation...

cylinder casting includes other features such as (in the case of Stephenson's Rocket) valve ports and mounting feet. The last big American locomotives...

Although George Stephenson's previous designs had been heavy four-coupled freight locomotives, Rocket was almost entirely new. Stephenson was an advocate...

design Stephenson's Rocket, also known as The Rocket, an early steam locomotive (1829) Oldsmobile V8 engine, also called the Rocket Toronto Rocket, a series...

Hackworth's Sans Pareil and Stephenson's Rocket—the Cycloped ultimately lost the competition in the trials. Stephenson's Rocket eventually won the trials...

Middleton Railway between Middleton and Leeds, England and it predated Stephenson's Rocket by 17 years. It was the first to have two cylinders. It was named...

Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015. "Stephenson's 'Rocket' locomotive, 1829". The Science Museum. Archived from the original...

George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, the winner of the Rainhill Trials and the £500 prize money. Instead of the fire tube boiler of Rocket, Sans Pareil had...

occurred in 1829. Stourbridge Lion's first run, recreated ca. 1916 Stephenson’s Rocket, contemporary drawing Carrollton Viaduct, in 1971 August 8 – The...

cab may be at one or both ends. The earliest locomotives, such as Stephenson's Rocket, had no cab; the locomotive controls and a footplate for the crew...

of the Audience.: 152  Stephenson made a TV comedy sketch show pilot, Stephenson's Rocket, which was not taken up. Stephenson acted in the Mel Brooks...

District. The Rainhill Trials of 1829 resulted in the selection of Stephenson's Rocket as the world's first modern steam locomotive. Rainhill has been recorded...

(2011) Welcome to Scullyville (2011) Rock'N'Roll Jamboree (2011) (as Stephenson's Rockets) Your Kinda People, My Kinda Folk (2011) (as Martin & Shippy) Bolivia...

supporters of the project including the Yorkshire Post, who said, "Stephenson's rocket will fire up HS2 at last". In November 2021, the Integrated Rail...

oldest steamable locomotive (in the Museum of Liverpool since 2007) Stephenson's Rocket – from 25 September 2018 to 8 September 2019 Until 2018, demonstration...

of George Stephenson. 1829: Stephenson's Rocket built by George Stephenson (1781–1848) and his son Robert Stephenson (1803–1859); the Rocket was not the...

popularized by Stephenson's (1992) science-fiction novel Snow Crash. Youngquist, Paul (2012). "Cyberpunk, War, and Money: Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon"...

frequent use in the century-and-a-half following the competition won by Stephenson's Rocket, in innumerable newspaper articles as well as in various novels....

George Stephenson's Birthplace is the 18th-century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Located along the north bank of the River Tyne...

display at the Science Museum in London, England. A second example is Stephenson's Rocket where a replica was built in 1979, following the original design...

rails were re-spaced to Stephenson's 4' 8 1/2¨ gauge. The line was worked by steam, and the engine used was Stephenson's Rocket, bought for £300. There...

of the 1980 Rocket 150 celebrations, Hornby released a live steam-powered 3+1⁄2 in (89 mm) gauge locomotive, a model of Stephenson's Rocket A major goal...

kilometers per hour (8 mph). The success of this locomotive, and Stephenson's Rocket in 1829, convinced many of the value in steam locomotives, and within...

between Stockton and Darlington. Stephenson's design convinced the backers of the proposed tramway to appoint Stephenson, who had recently built the Hetton...

century. Stephenson's death was widely mourned, and his funeral afforded marks of public honour. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Robert Stephenson was born...

subsequently developed empirically by the early locomotive engineers; Stephenson's Rocket made use of it, and this constitutes much of the reason for its notably...

Stephenson Stockton and Darlington Railway Isambard Kingdom Brunel Stephenson's Rocket Charlotte Dundas James Watt George Washington The Industrial Revolution...