Robert Stephenson and Company

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Robert Stephenson and Company was a pioneering 19th-century British locomotive manufacturing firm that played a key role in the early development of steam railway engines.

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Robert Stephenson and Company canonical 8
Robert Stephenson & Co. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British company ⓘ
engineering company ⓘ
locomotive manufacturer ⓘ
contributedTo spread of railway technology worldwide ⓘ
standardization of early steam locomotive design ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor Liverpool and Manchester Railway ⓘ
Stockton and Darlington Railway ⓘ
dissolved 20th century ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
foundedAs Robert Stephenson & Co. ⓘ
foundedBy Edward Pease ⓘ
George Stephenson ⓘ
Michael Longridge ⓘ
Robert Stephenson ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Edward Pease ⓘ
George Stephenson ⓘ
Michael Longridge ⓘ
Robert Stephenson ⓘ
headquartersLocation Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
inception 1823 ⓘ
industry locomotive construction ⓘ
railway engineering ⓘ
locatedIn Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
notableAchievement built one of the first successful main-line steam locomotives ⓘ
notableWork Locomotion No. 1 ⓘ
Northumbrian ⓘ
Planet-type locomotives ⓘ
Rocket ⓘ
parentCompany English Electric ⓘ
partOf early British railway industry ⓘ
product boilers ⓘ
stationary steam engines ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ
regionServed Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
role pioneer in early steam railway locomotive development ⓘ
significantEvent built Locomotion No. 1 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway ⓘ
built Rocket which won the Rainhill Trials in 1829 ⓘ
exported locomotives to North America ⓘ
exported locomotives to continental Europe ⓘ
supplied early locomotives to railways in Britain ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
usedGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usedTechnology steam power ⓘ

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The Rocket → builder → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
Stephenson's Rocket → builder → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
Stephenson's Rocket → manufacturer → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
Robert Stephenson → employer → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
Robert Stephenson → coFounded → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
Robert Stephenson and Company → foundedAs → Robert Stephenson & Co. ⓘ
linked to: Robert Stephenson and Company
Adler (locomotive) → manufacturer → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns → predecessor → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns → formedByMergerOf → Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ