Puffing Billy And The Prize Rocket Or The Story Of The Stephensons And Our Railways

Download or read book "Puffing Billy" and the Prize "Rocket" or, the story of the Stephensons and our Railways written by Helen C. Knight and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Puffing Billy" is the biography of the renowned British civil engineer and mechanical engineer, George Stephenson. Dubbed "The Father of Railways" Stephenson is renowned for his immense contribution to railway transport as a pioneer. The book traces his life from his humble beginnings among the coal pits of the little village of Wylam, near New Castle, to his subsequent interest in railways, and the inventions he perfected to birth what was then only an idea into a popular means of public transport.