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 6
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 and Company self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 and Company self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Robert Stephenson & Co.
Adler (locomotive) manufacturer Robert Stephenson and Company