Locomotive factory 1823 - 1904
The first purpose built locomotive factory in the world - the boiler plate shop and administrative offices of George & Robert Stephenson's Company.
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Locomotive factory 1823 - 1904
The first purpose built locomotive factory in the world - the boiler plate shop and administrative offices of George & Robert Stephenson's Company.
20, South Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
In 1823, George Stephenson, his son Robert Stephenson, Edward Pease and Michael Longridge (the owner of The Bedlington Iron and Engine Works), opened the world’s first purpose built locomotive works on Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne. It was founded as part of their construction of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Robert, at the age of 19, was the Managing Partner. The “Locomotion”, “Rocket”, and “Planet” were all built at the works, along with many other locomotives. They were exported to developing railways all around the world and were often the first to be seen in those countries.The Stephenson Works was restored by the Robert Stephenson Trust, and is now part of the ‘Stephenson Quarter’ and is often used as an event venue. The building is Grade II listed.
Locomotion No. 1 is an early steam locomotive that was built at the Forth Street Works in 1825. It became the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger carrying train on a public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Image: Samuel Smiles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rocket was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works.
Though Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day. It is the most famous example of an evolving design of locomotives by Stephenson that became the template for most steam engines in the following 150 years.
Planet was an early steam locomotive built in1830 by Robert Stephenson and Company at the Works for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It was the first locomotive type to be built in large numbers.
Stephensons Works at Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
by Andrew Curtis geograph.org.uk/p/1693712
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