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    George and Robert Stephenson
    George and Robert Stephenson
    George and Robert Stephenson
    Audiobook12 hours

    George and Robert Stephenson

    Written by Samuel Smiles

    Narrated by Stanley Green

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    About this audiobook

    George and Robert Stephenson is a biographical novel about the two railway pioneers and famous engineers, written by their close friend Samuel Smiles. George Stephenson (1781-1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. Renowned as the "Father of Railways". Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was an early railway engineer. The only son of George Stephenson, he built on the achievements of his father. Robert has been called the greatest engineer of the 19th century.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudioliterature
    Release dateJul 31, 2016
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