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'The Rocket Astonishes Everyone', c1934. Illustration showing the 'Rocket' steam locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson. The accompanying text explains the mechanism. 'Rocket' won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held to determine the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. The first steam train travelled at nearly 30 miles an hour and was the forerunner of the modern railway system. From The Romance of the Nation, Volume Two, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]
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Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1930s
19th century
20th century
astonished
astonishing
astonishment
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
CHARLES
Charles Ray
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country
England
English
event
History
Industrial Revolution
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LOCATION
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NINETEENTH CENTURY
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Railway
RAY
ROBERT STEPHENSON
Rocket
Science
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
STEAM TRAIN
STEPHENSON
Stephenson, Robert
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Train
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TRANSPORTATION