Robert Stephenson and Co: Rocket
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Description
"George Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built by Robert Stephenson and Co; George Stephenson was assisted by his draughtsman George Henry Phipps, in 1829. This Rocket was built at the same time as another having the same name, i.e. Rocket, which had 6-coupled wheels and return flue-type boiler. The Rocket was designed and built to compete in the Rainhill Trials, a competition to select the locomotive type for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, on 6 to 14 October 1829...." -
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Grace's Guide: British Industrial History -
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Link: http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Stephenson_and_Co:_Rocket
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