Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion by Christopher McGowan

Rail, Steam, and Speed: The "rocket" and the Birth of Steam Locomotion

Christopher McGowan

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From October 6 through 14, 1829, in a small village just outside Liverpool, England, ten thousand spectators gathered to witness one of the most remarkable events of the Industrial Age: a battle among locomotives that became known as the Rainhill ...

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