LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PORTRAIT OF GEORGE STEPHENSON .. 

 ROBERT STEPHEN SON . 



PAGE 

 High Level Bridge, Newcastle, 



to face 1 

 Map of Newcastle District .. .. 2 



Flange-rail 7 



Tyne Coal-staith 11 



Wylam 13 



High Street House, Wylam . . . . 15 



Nrwburn 23 



Stephenson's Cottage, "\Villington 



Quay 37 



Stephenson's Signature 39 



W,->r Moor Colliery 44 



Killingworth High Pit 55 



Glebe Farm-house, Ben ton . . . . 56 

 R utter's School-house, Long Ben- 



tqn 60 



Brace's School, Newcastle . . . . 62 

 Stephenson's Cottage, West Moor 67 



Sim-dial, Killingworth 70 



Colliers' Cottages, Long Beuton . . 72 

 Cugnot's Steam Carriage .. .. 75 

 Mmdock's Model Locomotive .. 77 

 Trevithick's Tram Engine .. .. 83 

 The Wylam Engine .. .. .. 92 



Spur Gear 97 



Pit-head, West Moor 106 



Davy's and Stephenson's Safety 



Lamps 117 



Literary and Philosophical Insti- 

 tute, Newcastle 119 



Half-lap Joint 132 



Old Killingworth Locomotive . . 135 

 West Moor Colliery, Killingworth 148 

 Map of Stockton and Darlington 



Railway 149 



Opening of Stockton and Darling- 

 ton Railway 168 



The First Railway Coach .. ..171 

 No. I. Engine at Darlington . . 175 

 Map of Liverpool and Manchester 



Railway 184-5 



Surveying on Chat Moss . . . . 200 



to face Title Page, 

 to face page 301. 



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at 



.. 248 



.. 266 



Olive Mount Cutting 



Sankey Viaduct 



Baiting Place at Sankey 

 Robert Stephenson's Cottage 



Santa Anna 



The "Rocket" 



Locomotive Competition at Rain- 

 hill 269 



Railway versus Road 275 



Map of Leicester and Swannington 



Railway 295 



Alton Grange 300 



Map of London and Birmingham 



Railway 312 



Blisworth Cutting 313 



Shafts, Kilsby Tunnel 316 



Kilsby Tunnel, North End .". .. 324 



Dutton Viaduct 326 



West Entrance, Littleborough 



Tunnel 330 



Map of Midland Railway .. .. 332 



Landslip, Ambergate 334 



Bull Bridge 335 



Tapton House 356 



Lime Works, Ambergate . . . . 359 

 Newcastle from Higli Level Bridge 394 

 Royal Border Bridge, Berwick . . 406 

 Elevation and Plan of Arch, High 



Level Bridge 414 



Railway at Penmaen Mawr .. .. 418 



Map of Menai Strait 421 



Construction of Britannia Tube on 



Staging 431 



Con way Bridge 433 



Britannia Bridge 439 



Floating First Tube, Conway Bridge 440 

 View in Tapton Grounds .. ..441 

 Foot-path to Tapton House . . . . 448 

 Trinity Church, Chesterfield .. 4.T7 

 Stephenson Memorial Schools, 



Willington 482 



