Author: Rolt, L T C [ Lionel Thomas Caswall ]
Title: George And Robert Stephenson - The Railway Revolution
Description: Longmans, 1962, 2nd impression. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. xx+356pp, 12pp b/w plates showing 23 images, 7 b/w maps & figs, index, a nice copy in a slightly edge worn & chipped dustjacket that is a little grubby to the rear panel. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ A biography of George Stephenson [ 1781 - 1848 ] the English civil engineer and mechanical engineer, know as the 'Father of Railways', and of his son Robert Stephenson [ 1803 - 1858 ] also an English civil engineer, and designer of locomotives.

Keywords: biography, civil engineering, railways, industrial revolution