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hours. This "No. 1 Engine" is still preserved at Darlington Station, 

 mounted on a granite pedestal, as shown in the picture (Fig. 32). 



62. One of the most important and interesting occasions in the 

 history of the application of the non-condensing steam-engine to rail- 

 roads, as well as in the life of Stephenson, was the opening of the 

 Liverpool & Manchester Railroad in the year 1829. 



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When this road was built, it was determined, after long and ear- 

 nest discussion, to try whether locomotive-engines might not be used 

 to the exclusion of horses, and a prize of 500 was offered for the best 

 that should be presented at a date which was finally settled at the 

 6th of October, 1829. 



