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 GEORGE STEPHENSON

George Stephenson

GEORGE STEPHENSON BORN IN THE YEAR OF 1781,JUNE 9 IN NORTHUMBERLAND ,WHICH IS 9 MILES WEAT TO NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. HE WAS THE SECOND CHILD OF ROBERT AND MABEL STEPHENSON, NEITHER OF WHOM COULD READ OR WRITE. ROBERT WAS THE FIREMAN FOR WYLAM COLLIERY PUMPING ENGINE, HE EARNED LOW WAGERS AND HE CAN T' ABLE TO STUDY . AT 17,STEPHENSON BECAME A ENGINEMAN AT WATER ROW PIT IN NEWBURN NEARBY. HE STARTED TO LEARN AT NIGHT SCHOOLING TO READ AND WRITE .IN  THE YEAR OF 1802 HE MARRIED FRANCES HENDERSON.HE GOT SHIFT HIS WORK TO BLACK CALLERTON SOUTH OF PONTELAND AS A BRAKESMAN CONTROLLING ALL ENGINE GEAR PARTS AND MOVED TO WILLINGTON QUAY, EAST OF NEWCASTLE.HE WORKED AS A BRAKESMAN AS HE LIVED IN A ONE ROOM COTTAGE .GEORGE  MADE SHOES AND MENDED CLOCKS TO SELL FOR HIS INCOME.

IN 1803 , HIS SON ROBERT BORN AND 1804 HE MOVED TO WEST MOOR, NEAR KILLINGWORTH WHERE GEORGE WORKED AS A BRAKESMAN .HIS SECOND CHILD BORN ON JULY 1805 AND HER NAME WAS FRANCES AFTER HER MOTHER NAME. SOON AFTER SHE DIED IN A FIRE ACCIDENT. 1806 HIS WIFE FRANCS TOO DEATH.AFTER 

ONE OF HE LIVED IN THIS COTTAGE [DIAL COTTAGE]

AFTER THAT ONLY ,HE STARTED TO DISCOVER OF RAILWAYS .HE ALSO GOT THE NAME AS FATHER OF RAILWAYS.THEN HE GOT A WORK IN SCOTLAND AND HE LEFT ROBERT TO A LOCAL WOMAN AND WENT .HIS FATHER GOT BLIND IN MINING ACCIDENT . HE MOVED TO NEW JOB , HE LEFT HIS SON TO HIS SISTER ELEANOR . IN HIS WORKING PLACE THE KILLINGWORTH WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY , HE GOT THE IDEA TO IMPROVE IT .ALSO IT IS SUCCESS AND HE PROMOTED TO  ENGINEWRIGHT FOR THE COLLIERIES AT KILLINGWORTH, RESPONSIBLE OF ALL REPAIRING PARTS. HE BECAME A EXPERT5 IN STEAM DRIVEN MACHINERY.

SELF-HELP ADVOTED SAMUEL SMILES PARTICULARLY PRASIED HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. HIS CHOSEN RAIL GAUGE, SOMETIMES CALLED STEPHENSON GAUGE.WAS THE BASIS FOR THE 4 FEET 8HALF INCH[1.435M] STANDARD GAUGE BY MOST OF THE WORLD S' RAILWAYS.

PIONEERED BY STEPHENSON, RAIL TRANSPORT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTION OF 19TH CENTURY.GEORGE AND HIS SON ROBERT BUILD THE ROBERT STEPHENSON COMPANY IS THE FIRST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TO CARRY PASSENGERS ON A PUBLIC RIAL LINE , THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAYS IN 1825. HE ALSO BUILD THE FIRST PUBLIC INTER CITY RAILWAY LINE IN THE WORLD TO USE LOCOMOTIVES ,LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAYS, WHICH WAS OPENED IN 1830.

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