Stephenson’s Rocket and the Rainhill Trials

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ISBN9780747808039
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
Price (excl. tax)€10.28
Tax€0.62
Price (incl. tax)€10.90
Availability1 unit in external warehouse

Product Description

George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, is an enduring silhouette in railway history. Rocket was built to take part in The Rainhill Trials, a competition to find a locomotive design to pull trains on the world's first passenger line, the Liverpool and Manchester. The trials caught the public's imagination and its victor, Rocket, became a sensation.