The RocketFront matterReading editionChapter navigation13 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE ROCKET.Preface.Chapter I · LIFE AMONG THE COAL PITS.Chapter II · MENDING AND MAKING—LITTLE BOB.Chapter III · WHO BEGAN RAILROADS?—"PUFFING BILLY."Chapter IV · TWO CITIES THAT WANTED TO GET NEAR EACH OTHER—A NEW FRIEND.Chapter V · HUNTING UP HIS OWN WORK—AN ENTERPRISING QUAKER—WHAT WAS THE RESULT?Chapter VI · THE TWO CITIES TRYING AGAIN—BUGBEARS.Chapter VII · GRAPPLING WITH DIFFICULTIES—THE BOG—A PUZZLE—THE PRIZE OFFER.Chapter VIII · ROBERT'S RETURN—A CURIOUS ENCOUNTER—THE PRIZE ENGINE.Chapter IX · OPENING OF THE NEW ROAD—DIFFICULTIES VANISH—A NEW ERA.Chapter X · THE STEPHENSON CENTENARY—HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE ROCKET.All chapters and sections (13)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE ROCKET.Preface.Chapters12345678910Front Cover◇A LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER.◇THE ROCKET. →
