LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Reading edition
Page
Portrait of George Stephenson to face title page
High Level Bridge, to face 1
Map of Newcastle District 2
Flange rail 6
Coal-staith on the Tyne 10
Coal waggons 11
Wylam Colliery and village 12
High Street House, Wylam—George Stephenson’s birthplace 14
Newburn on the Tyne 20
Colliery Whimsey 30
Stephenson’s Cottage, Willington Quay 31
West Moor Colliery 37
Killingworth High Pit 46
Glebe Farm House, Benton 47
Rutter’s School House, Long Benton 51
Bruce’s School, Newcastle 53
Stephenson’s Cottage, West Moor 57
Sun-dial at Killingworth 60
Colliers’ Cottages at Long Benton 62
Cugnot’s Engine 64
Section of Murdock’s Model Locomotive 66
Trevithick’s high-pressure Tram-Engine 70
Improved Wylam Engine 78
Spur-gear 83
The Pit-head, West Moor 91
Davy’s and Stephenson’s Safety-lamps 101
West Moor Pit, Killingworth 108
Half-lap joint 111
Old Killingworth Locomotive 113
Map of Stockton and Darlington Railway 123
Portrait of Edward Pease 124
The first Railway Coach 139
The No. 1 Engine at Darlington 142
Middlesborough-on-Tees 145
Map of Liverpool and Manchester Railway (Western Part) 150
,, (Eastern part) 151
Surveying on Chat Moss 172
Olive Mount Cutting 184
Sankey Viaduct 186
Robert Stephenson’s Cottage at Santa Anna 198
The “Rocket” 212
Locomotive competition, Rainhill 215
Railway versus Road 220
Map of Leicester and Swannington Railway 233
Stephenson’s House at Alton Grange 236
Portrait of Robert Stephenson, to face 237
Map of London and Birmingham Railway (Rugby to Watford) 242
Blisworth Cutting 243
Shafts over Kilsby Tunnel 246
Dutton Viaduct 254
Entrance to Summit Tunnel, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 256
Land-slip, near Ambergate, North Midland Railway 259
Bullbridge, near Ambergate 260
Coalville and Snibston Colliery 274
Tapton House, near Chesterfield 275
Lime-works at Ambergate 278
Newcastle, from the High Level Bridge 301
Royal Border Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed 311
High Level Bridge—Elevation of one Arch 318
Penmaen Mawr 322
Map of Menai Straits 325
Conway Tubular Bridge 334
Britannia Bridge 339
Conway Bridge—Floating the first Tube 340
View in Tapton Gardens 341
Pathway to Tapton House 347
Trinity Church, Chesterfield 355
Tablet in Trinity Church, Chesterfield 356
The Victoria Bridge, Montreal 357
Robert Stephenson’s Burial-place in Westminster Abbey 369
The Stephenson Memorial Schools, Willington Quay 380
