The above engraving represents George Stephenson's Locomotive, the 

 " Rocket," which gained the prize of ;^5oo awarded by the directors of 

 the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, having, on its tiial, which 

 took place on the 8th of October, 1S29, run at the speed of 29 miles per hour 

 with a load of 13 tons attached. When afterwards running without any load 

 attached to it, it accomplished the then extraordinary speed of 35 miles an 

 hour. Although it was not the first locomotive that had been made, yet it 

 was the first of any importance, and it has proved the forerunner of the 

 railway system throughout the world. 



[fo /ace iage 75. 



