Author: RAINHILL RAILWAY TRIALS
Title: 1830. A series of contemporary reports regarding the Rainhill Railway Trials and development of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Historical details, construction & costs, preparatory experiments, description of the railway, opening of the railway, the accident (death of Wm. Huskisson), commencement of traffic, performance of the engines, Stephensons' locomotive "The Northumbrian, the locomotive carriages of Stephenson, Braithwaite, and Ericsson, further correspondence, commencement of goods carrying, derailment of The Meteor, The William the Fourth, etc. All contained in a series of 7 disbound issues of the Mechanics' Magazine, September, October, November 1830 & January 1831.
Description: Mechanics' Magazine, London, 1830-31. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good Condition. The collection consists of the following complete issues: No. 372, Sept 25th (32 pages); No. 373, Oct 2nd (16 pages); No. 375, Oct 16th (16 pages); No. 378, Nov 6th (16 pages); No. 380, Nov 20th (16 pages); No. 384, Dec 18th (16 pages), No. 389, Jan 22nd (16 pages); 1830 & 1831. These seven issues continue the contemporary reporting in this journal of the Rainhill Trials and the development of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. The Rainhill Trials were a competition run in October 1829, to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would provide the best motive power for the then nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Five locomotives were entered, running along a 1 mile length of level track at Rainhill, in Lancashire. Stephenson's Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials, and was declared the winner. The directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway accepted that locomotives should operate services on their new line, and George and Robert Stephenson were given the contract to produce locomotives for the railway. The opening ceremony of the LMR, on 15 September 1830, was a considerable event, drawing luminaries from the government and industry, including the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington. The day started with a procession of eight trains setting out from Liverpool for Manchester. The parade was led by Northumbrian driven by George Stephenson, and included Phoenix driven by his son Robert, North Star driven by his brother Robert Sr. and Rocket driven by assistant engineer Joseph Locke. The day was marred by the death of William Huskisson, the Member of Parliament for Liverpool, who was struck and killed by Rocket at Parkside. (Wikipedia). Some foxing and issues 375, 378, are quite browned. Note; this is a collection of original articles separated from the annual volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (13.5 x 21.5 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mechanics' Magazine; Collections; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 350540.

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