Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne in England. It was the first company in the world created specifically to buil
Works offices in South Street, Newcastle
A modern replica of Rocket
A modern replica of Adler, an example of the company's 2-2-2 design
Folkstone, a Crampton type locomotive, in 1851
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Robert Stephenson, DCL was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father.
Robert Stephenson and Company
…1944, they became part of English Electric. The company was set up in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne in England by George Stephenson, his son Robert, with Edward Pease and Thomas Richardson. The manager of the works between 1824 and 1825 was James Kennedy. The company's first engine was Locomotion…
Stephenson in 1856
Dial Cottage, Killingworth, where Stephenson grew up. The sundial installed by Stephenson and his father can be seen above the front door.
The opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825
Stephenson's cottage at Santa Ana