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Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne in England. It was the first company in the world created specifically to build railway engines. Famous early locomotives were Locomotion No. 1 and Rocket.
Robert Stephenson and Company. Locomotora Austerity conservada en Haworth. Robert Stephenson and Company fue una compañía inglesa de fabricación de locomotoras fundada en 1823, siendo la primera empresa en el mundo creada específicamente para construir máquinas de ferrocarril.
GNR Locomotives. Home. Timeline. Manufacturer: Robert Stephenson & Company. Foundation and early success. The company was set up in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England by George Stephenson, his son Robert, with Edward Pease and Thomas Richardson. The manager of the works between 1824 and 1825 was James Kennedy.
En 1823 Robert fundó una empresa junto con su padre y Edward Pease para construir locomotoras, la Robert Stephenson and Company, que fabricó un buen porcentaje de las primeras locomotoras del mundo, y estuvo operativa hasta mediados del siglo XX.
Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle was established by George Stephenson in 1823, Robert being the firm’s managing partner. Foreseeing the demand for steam engines for the new railway, it was the first locomotive works in the world.
Robert Stephenson and Company was an engineering and locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines. Parts of the original works have survived in the centre of Newcastle. See Historic England website
Robert Stephenson and Company. occupation: Locomotive manufacturer. Nationality: British. born in: Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. 1823 - founded by George Stephenson with his son Robert, and Edward Pease and Michael Longridge specifically to build railway engines. 1828 - introduced the ...
