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Description: A locomotive constructed for the Killingworth Colliery by George Stephenson in 1816. A number were constructed and were crucial in convincing many people of the viability of the engine for the Stockton and Darlington and later for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Title: Killingworth-locomotive
Credit: Lives of the Engineers - digitized by Project Gutenberg, no 27710
Author: Samuel Smiles
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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