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Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
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Stephenson's Rocket
Steam locomotive by Robert Stephenson in 1829
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), held in October 1829 to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rainhill trials
Locomotive motive power competition (1829)
The Rainhill trials were a competition run from 6 to 14 October 1829, to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would have the best motive power for the nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR). Ten locomotives were entered, of which five were able to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)