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Stephenson, George

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Stephenson, George (1781–1848) English engineer, regarded as the father of the locomotive. Stephenson built his first locomotive, Blucher, in 1814. This locomotive, the first to have flanged wheels, ran on a tramway. His most famous locomotive, Rocket, was built in 1829. Reaching a top speed of 47km/h (29mph), it ran on the Liverpool to Manchester line, one of the many railway lines that he engineered.

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