Stephensons Rocket at York Museum
by Gordon James
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Stephensons Rocket at York Museum
Artist
Gordon James
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Photograph - Photography Digital
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This is the original Rocket—George and Robert Stephenson's world-changing locomotive which kick-started a golden era of innovation.
Stephenson's Rocket, built in 1829 to run on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway—the world's first inter-city passenger railway line.
RAILWAY REVOLUTION
This pioneering locomotive won the Rainhill Trials, a competition to decide on the best mode of transport for the railway, and its success helped usher in a railway age that shaped the modern world as we know it.
Rocket was the only locomotive to successfully complete the Trials, achieving an incredible (for the time) top speed of 30mph. This victory proved steam-powered locomotives were suitable for widespread use as they were better at pulling trains than horses or stationary winding engines.
Rocket was not the first steam engine, but it is certainly one of the most significant—and it combined all the technological innovations available at the time to create one engine that was faster and more reliable than anything seen before.
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December 19th, 2022
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