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| Son of |
George Stephenson
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1820
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| Studies for half a year at the University of Edinburgh |
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1822
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| Apprentice at his father's locomotive factory |
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Until 1827
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| Journey through the United States then works on the railway lines Stockton-Darlington and Manchester-Liverpool |
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1833 - 1835
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Construction of the railway line London-Birmingham, including Euston Square Station in London;
Chief engineer of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company;
Consultant for the construction of railway lines in Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany |
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Bailey, M. R. 150th anniversary of Robert Stephenson's death, in
"Engineering History and Heritage (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers)", August 2009, n. 3 v. 162 .
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Beasley, Elizabeth The Menai suspension bridge, 1819-26 and Britannia Bridge, 1845-50, in
"Ancient Monuments Society Transactions", 1985 v. 29 .
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Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 45-7.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 469-470.
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Ricken, H. Erinnerung an Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), in
"Bautechnik", November 2003, n. 11 v. 80 .
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Ricken, Herbert Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 232.
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