Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Timothy Hackworth: Lord Brougham

From Graces Guide

1832 Engine designed by Timothy Hackworth for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The engine driver was Ralph White. [1]

Hackworth was asked to design a series of locomotives for the increasing trade in coal haulage[2]. He prepared plans for two different types of engine, with 6 of each built. In design, they were not dissimilar, and followed the arrangement of inverted cylinders used in the "Royal George". They had "long engines" and where called the "Majestic" and "Wilberforce" type locomotives. The locomotives were named:

1835 One of 11 locomotives running the S&DR under the contract with Timothy Hackworth


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Sources of Information

  1. Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young. Published 1923.
  2. Rail Centre [1]