Rocket Press Robert Stephenson - Engineer And Scientist The Making of a Prodigy 1803 - 1859 by Victoria Haworth

Robert Stephenson was called 'the greatest engineer of the present century'. No one challenged this emphatic eulogy made after his death on 12 October 1859. Robert's colleagues ensured a resting place in the nave of Westminster Abbey. Joseph Locke, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, was a pallbearer. Members of his profession; age-long associates in other fields of interest, notably the Electric Telegraph Company of which he was President, surrounded the grave placed centrally in the nation's mausoleum. Few were present out of duty. Communication being the key word of his ambition, everyone throughout the civilized world travelling for anything other than a short distance went by train, powered by what had become universally known as the Stephenson locomotive.

Drawing largely on contemporary sources, this book tells the compelling story of Robert's immense achievements in the field of locomotive history and engineering and is written by the founder of the Robert Stephenson Trust.

92 pages softback. ISBN 0 9535 1621 0. Price £11.80 including UK post and packaging.  The book will also be on sale at our open days.