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(1803-1859) English civil engineer who constructed railroad bridges such as the high-level bridge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, and the Menai and Conway tubular bridges in Wales. He was the son of George Stephenson.
The successful Rocket steam locomotive was built under his direction 1829, as were subsequent improvements to it.
Stephenson was born near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and began his working life assisting his father in the survey of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1821. He managed the locomotive factory his father had established in Newcastle, with a three-year break in South America, superintending some gold and silver mines in Colombia. In 1833 he became engineer for a projected railroad from Birmingham to London. The line was completed 1838, and from then on he was engaged on railroad work for the rest of his life.
In 1844 construction began, under Stephenson's supervision, of a railroad line from Chester to Holyhead. His bridge for the Menai Straits, in which the railroad tracks were completely enclosed in parallel iron tubes, was so successful that he adopted the same design for other bridges. One such, the Victoria Bridge over the St Lawrence at Montréal, Canada, built 1854–59, was for many years the longest bridge in the world.

(1781-1848) English engineer who built the first successful steam locomotive. He also invented a safety lamp independently of Humphrey Davy in 1815. He was appointed engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first public railroad, in 1821, and of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1826. In 1829 he won a prize with his locomotive Rocket.
Experimenting with various gradients, Stephenson found that a slope of 1 in 200, common enough on roads, reduced the haulage power of a locomotive by 50% (on a completely even surface, a tractive force of less than 5 kg/11 lb would move a tonne). Friction was virtually independent of speed. It followed that railroad gradients should always be as low as possible, and cuttings, tunnels, and embankments were therefore necessary. He also advocated the use of malleable iron rails instead of cast iron. The gauge for the Stockton and Darlington railroad was set by Stephenson at 1.4 m/4 ft 8 in, which became the standard gauge for railroads in most of the world.
Stephenson was born near Newcastle-upon-Tyne and received no formal education. He worked at a coal mine, servicing the steam pumping engine, and it was there he built his first locomotive in 1814. After the Liverpool and Manchester railroad opened 1830, he worked as a consultant engineer to several newly emerging railroad companies, all in the north of England or the Midlands.
In his first locomotive, Stephenson introduced a system by which exhaust steam was redirected into the chimney through a blast pipe, bringing in air with it and increasing the draft through the fire. This development made the locomotive truly practical.
With his son Robert, he established locomotive works at Newcastle. The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened 1825 by Stephenson’s engine Locomotion, traveling at a top speed of 24 kph/15 mph.
Stephenson was engaged to design the railroad from Manchester to Liverpool, but there was an open competition for the most efficient locomotive. Three other engines were entered, but on day of the trials the Rocket was the only locomotive ready on time. It weighed 4.2 metric tons, half the weight of Locomotion.

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