INDEX. 



509 



OAK. 



O. 



OAK'S PIT, Barnsley, explosion in, 126. 



OLIVE MOUNT CUTTING, Liverpool, 230. 



Oi'KMN-Gs of Railways, Hetton, 142; 

 Stockton and Darlington, 167 ; Liverpool 

 and Manchester, 278 ; London and Bir- 

 mingham, 345 ; East-coast route to Scotland, 

 400, 41 o; Britannia Bridge, 439 ; Trent 

 Valley, 453. 



ORGANIZATION of labour, G. Stephenson's, 

 229, 277, 281. 



OI-TIJAM, BENJAMIN, Little Eaton, 8. 



OVERTON, Mr., engineer, 151. 



P. 



PALMER, Mr. H. R., engineer, 210. 



PARLIAMENT and railways, 288, 371, 375, 

 378. 



PARR Moss, railway across, 228. 



PASSENGER traffic of early railways, 170, 

 191, 281. 



PAXTON, Sir JOSEPH, 442, 480. 



PEASE, EDWARD, projects the Stockton and 

 Darlington Railway, 149 ; first interview 

 with G. Stephenson, 153; visits Killing- 

 worth, 158; joins Stephenson in establish- 

 ing a locomotive manufactory, 163, 250, 

 254-; Stephenson's esteem and gratitude, 

 177; letters to "EoB5r^i5jLephenson, 250, 

 461. 



PEEL, Sir ROBERT, 278, 379, 450. 



PEXMAEN MAWR, railway under, 417. 



PEX-Y-DARREN, Trevithick's tram-engine at, 

 82. 



PERMANENT WAY of railroads, 131, 365, 490. 



PERPETUAL MOTION, G. Stephenson studies, 

 40, 56. 



" PERSEVERANCE," Bin-stall's locomotive, 

 268, 273. 



PHILLIPS, Sir R., speculations as to railways, 

 180. 



PILE-DRIVING by steam, 413. 



PITMEN, Northumbrian, 10. 



PLATE-WAYS, early, 7. 



PLUGMAN, duties of, 21. 



POLITICS, George and Robert Stephenson's, 

 480. 



;]LII, Newcastle, 1. 



PORTLAND, Duke of, orders a locomotive of 

 George Stephenson, 139. 



PRIMROSE-HILL TUNNEL, 314. 



PROPHECIES of railway failure, 195, 209, 

 218, 293, 348. 



PuMi-iNG-EXGiNES, George Stephenson's skill 

 in, 45, 50, 53, 317. 



PUPILS, George Stephenson's, 236, 240, 346, 

 470. 



PVRKXEEAN PASTORAL, 390. 



ROCKET. 



Q. 



QUAKERS' RAILWAY, Stockton and Darling- 

 ton, 151. 



'QUARTERLY,' the, ridicules high railway 

 speed, 199. 



QUEEN, the, her first use "of the railway, 

 355 ; opens the High Level and Royal Border 

 bridges, 415 ; visits the Britannia Bridge, 

 438. 



R. 



RAILS, cast and wrought iron, 7, 157, 163, 

 490. 



RAILWAY, locomotive, 73; first passenger 

 traffic, 170 ; speed (see Speed) ; workmen, 

 285; navvies, 321; travelling, 350; 

 mania, 372 ; atmospheric, 369, 401 ; un- 

 dulating, 379. 



RAILWAY gract, 376, 381. 



RAILWAY RUIN, prophecies of, 195, 210, 

 218, 287, 293; the prophecies confuted, 

 348, 453, 481 ; results, 177, 281, 348. 



RAILWAYS, early, 5 ; Merthyr Tydvill (Pen- 

 y-darran), 82 ; Middleton, Leeds, 85 ; 

 Wylam, 87 ; Killingworth, 94, 131, 490 ; 

 Kilmarnock and Troon, 139 ; Hetton, 140 ; 

 Stockton and Darlington, 149; Liverpool 

 and Manchester, 178 ; Canterbuiy and 

 Whitstable,. 290: Grand Junction, 292, 

 315, 326 ; Leicester and Swannington, 294 ; 

 Birmingham and Derby, 299 ; London and 

 Birmingham, 301, 347 ; Manchester and 

 Leeds, 327; Midland, 331, 382 ; York and 

 North Midland, 335, 382; Scarborough, 

 336 ; Greenwich, 349 ; Chester and Birken- 

 head, 369 ; atmospheric, 369 ; Trent Val- 

 ley, 381,453; Newcastle and Darlington, 

 383, 400 ; Great Western, 397 ; Newcastle 

 and Berwick, 400; South Devon, 403; 

 Chester and Holyhead, 416. 



RAINHILL, locomotive competition at, 268. 



RASTRICK, Mr., C.E., 257, 260. 



RAVENSWORTH, Earl of, 55, 96. 



RENXIE, Messrs., C.E., 216, 219. 



RICHARDSON, THOMAS, London, 150, 158, 

 163. 



ROAD LOCOMOTION, Cugnot's steam -carriage, 

 75 ; Evans and Symington's, 76 ; Trevi- 

 thick's, 79 ; George Stephenson on, 134, 

 492 ; House of Commons' report on, 288. 



ROBERTS, RICHARD, his Jacquard punching 

 machine, 432. 



ROBERTSON, ANDREW, schoolmaster, 30, 34. 



ROBIXS, anecdote of G. Stephenson and the 

 342. 



ROBISON, Dr , his idea of a locomotive, 74. 



" ROCKET,'" the, its construction, 264 ; ar- 

 rangements of, 266, 496, 502; wins the 

 prize of 500/., 273 ; its end, 274. 



