- George Stephenson was born on 9 June 1781 in Wylam, Northumberland, which is 9 miles (15 km) west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Stephenson, George (1781–1848) English engineer, regarded as the father of the locomotive. Stephenson built his first locomotive, Blucher, in 1814.
- The occasion was the publication of Smiles’ biography of George Stephenson, the self-taught engineer who played a singular role in creating the railroad industry...
- George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer renowned for his contributions to railway transport.
- An illustration shows the Rocket, an early locomotive built by George and Robert Stephenson.
- George Stephenson was a pioneer of steam locomotion who transformed transportation with his invention, the "Rocket," laying the tracks for modern railways.
- George Stephenson, the son of a colliery fireman, was born at Wylam, eight miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on 9th June, 1781.
- Locomotive – George Stephenson. One of the first machines (if not the first) presented by George, the Blucher, was tested on the 25th of July 1814.
- George invented his version of the safety lamp around the same time as Sir Humphrey Davy. Davy was convinced that Stephenson had copied his idea.
- George Stephenson, known as the "Father of Railways," never received a formal education and was largely self-taught in engineering and mechanics.
George Stephenson
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İlk buharlı lokomotif olan "Rocket"i tasarlayan İngiliz makine mühendisidir. Demir yollarının babası olarak da bilinir. Tasarladığı "Rocket" adlı lokomotif, 1829 yılında, Liverpool-Manchester hattında, saatte 22 km hızla, 12942 kg yükü çekti.
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- Doğum tarihi ve yeri:9 Haziran 1781, Northumberland, İngiltere
- Ölüm tarihi ve yeri:12 Ağustos 1848 (67 yaşında), Derbyshire, İngiltere
- Evlilikleri:Ellen Gregory (1848 y.-), Elizabeth Hindmarsh (1820-1845 yy.), Frances Henderson (1802-1806 yy.)
- Çocukları:Robert Stephenson, Frances Stephenson