Picturing the Past
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| Stephenson's Rocket |
The invention of the Steam Engine was arguably the most significant invention of the Industrial Revolution, and George Stephenson's locomotive
Rocket is one of the first effective examples of this new technology being brought together with a railroad system. Traveling down the track at a whopping sixteen miles per hour,
Rocket traveled from Liverpool to Manchester on the newly build railway. This railway would quickly become the heart of industrial England, and as locomotives became faster and more efficient so would the rich trading and transportation system of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Within twenty years of the
Rocket's first voyage, the main trunk lines of Great Britain would be established. The rich coal and iron deposits would be able to travel all throughout England on these new truck lines, and the increased power of locomotives would also help.
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