George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. Renowned as the...
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technology. It was based on experience gained from earlier designs by George and Robert Stephenson, including the Killingworth locomotive Blücher (1814); Locomotion...
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English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father...
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George Stephenson (1781–1848) was an English engineer, known as the "Father of Railways". George Stephenson may also refer to: George Stephenson (footballer...
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Stephenson College (formerly George Stephenson College, known colloquially as Stevo) is a constituent college of Durham University in Durham, England....
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George Robert Stephenson (20 October 1819 – 26 October 1905) was a British civil engineer. Stephenson was born to Robert Stephenson Senior (brother of...
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Geordie lamp (redirect from Stephenson lamp)
atmospheres, invented by George Stephenson in 1815 as a miner's lamp to prevent explosions due to firedamp in coal mines. In 1815, Stephenson was the engine-wright...
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Standard-gauge railway (redirect from Stephenson Gauge)
435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal...
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Stephenson's Rocket George Robert Stephenson (1819–1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson) George Stephenson (disambiguation), multiple other...
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Arthur George Stephenson (1890–1967), was an Australian architect. Stephensen was born in 1890 at Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. In 1907 Stephenson worked...
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written novels with his uncle, George Jewsbury ("J. Frederick George"), under the collective pseudonym Stephen Bury. Stephenson has worked part-time as an...
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Tapton House (section George Stephenson (1781–1848))
House, in Tapton, Derbyshire, England, was once the home of engineer George Stephenson, who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam...
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Steam locomotive (section George Stephenson)
steam locomotive. Locomotion No. 1, built by George Stephenson and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company, was the first steam locomotive...
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Andrew George Stephenson CBE FRSA (born 17 February 1981) is a former British politician who most recently served as Minister of State for Health and...
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of Arts. Despite his lack of scientific knowledge, engine-wright George Stephenson devised a lamp in which the air entered via tiny holes, through which...
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George Stephenson (March 14, 1814 – October 23, 1878) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates...
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George Stephenson (4 February 1874 – 6 November 1918) was a notable New Zealand auctioneer, rugby player, theatrical company manager and entrepreneur...
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Stephenson College may refer to: Stephenson College, Coalville Stephenson College, Durham This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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Martin Stephenson & the Daintees is a British rock/folk/pop band combining elements of "rockabilly, show tunes, rootsy pop, straight-ahead rock and punk"...
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prospectus. December 31 - George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge form George Stephenson and Company, a railway...
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Locomotion No. 1 (category George Stephenson)
by the pioneering railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson at their manufacturing firm, Robert Stephenson and Company. It became the first steam...
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The Clay Cross Company was founded as George Stephenson and Co. in 1837 by the railway pioneer, George Stephenson. The company established coal mines,...
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Wallbottle colliery on Tyneside when George Stephenson was a fireman there. In 1823, when Joseph was 17, Stephenson was involved with planning the Stockton...
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The Institution was founded at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, by George Stephenson in 1847. It received a Royal Charter in 1930. The Institution's headquarters...
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North Tyneside Steam Railway (redirect from Stephenson Railway Museum)
The museum is dedicated to the railway pioneers George Stephenson and his son Robert, with one of George's early locomotives, Billy, housed in the museum...
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in the northeast of England used Geordie safety lamps, designed by George Stephenson, known locally as "Geordie the engine-wright", in 1815 rather than...
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School (Stevenson, Washington) Stephenson High School, a public school in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States George Stephenson High School, a secondary school...
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Stockton and Darlington Railway (category George Stephenson)
transportation. Concerned about Overton's competence, Pease asked George Stephenson, an experienced enginewright of the collieries of Killingworth, to...
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George Stephenson was a Confederate Marine who served in the American Civil War. Stephenson served on the CSS Sumter and was responsible for the Marine...
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George Stephenson (born 1865) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Everton. George Stephenson was signed by Everton in September...
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