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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Robert-StephensonRobert Stephenson | Railway builder, Locomotive designer ...

    Oct 12, 2024 · Robert Stephenson was an outstanding English Victorian civil engineer and builder of many long-span railroad bridges, most notably the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait, North Wales. He was the only son of George Stephenson, inventor of the railroad locomotive.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_StephensonRobert Stephenson - Wikipedia

    Robert Stephenson FRS, HonFRSE, FRSA, DCL (Hon. causa) (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", [2] he built on the achievements of his father.

  4. www.theengineer.co.uk › content › in-depthLate great engineers: Robert Stephenson - The Engineer

    Mar 9, 2020 · George Stephenson, who had recommended the use of steam locomotives, was elected engineer for the project on a yearly salary of £660 that allowed him to send Robert to Edinburgh University (albeit for a less than a year), where he studied natural philosophy, natural history and science.

  5. interestingengineering.com › robert-stephensonRobert Stephenson Biography - Interesting Engineering

    Biography. When your father is hailed as the “Father of Railway”, it’s a pretty steep legacy to live up to. But that’s what English civil engineer Robert Stephenson did, surpassing his father’s...

  6. www.networkrail.co.uk › who-we-are › our-historyRobert Stephenson (1803–1859) - Network Rail

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    After the successful opening of both the Stockton & Darlington Railway and the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, Robert was in demand as a railway engineer. During the years of ‘railway mania’ during the 1830s and 1840s, he was appointed engineer to a great number of railways in the midlands, north of England and north Wales. His first major commissi...

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    Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle was established by George Stephenson in 1823, Robert being the firm’s managing partner. Foreseeing the demand for steam engines for the new railway, it was the first locomotive works in the world. The firm completed its first steam engine Locomotion just in time for the ceremonial opening of the Stockton & Darlingt...

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    With his growing reputation for railway engineering, both civil and mechanical, Robert Stephenson was able to travel abroad on various consultancies for overseas railways during the 1840s and 1850s. His most notable structures were all tubular bridges; the Victoria Bridge over the St Lawrence River in Montreal, and bridges over the Nile for the Egy...

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  7. www.railwaymuseum.org.uk › objects-and-storiesStephenson's Rocket, Rainhill and the rise of the locomotive

    The now world-famous Rocket was entered by Henry Booth, treasurer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and George Stephenson, the line's engineer. Designed by George's son Robert, it was built at his company works at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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  9. www.encyclopedia.com › robert-stephensonRobert Stephenson - Encyclopedia.com

    May 11, 2018 · The son of the pioneering railway-builder and designer of locomotives, George Stephenson (1781–1848), Robert was mostly responsible for the construction of the main lines from London to Birmingham (1833–8), in the North-East of England, and elsewhere.