Improvements in the arrangement...of the parts of locomotive engines, 1841

Improvements in the arrangement and combination of the parts of Loco Engine', dated 22 December 1841. Engineering plans, elevations and sections drawn by J Farley of Guilford Street, London, and signed by Robert Stephenson. This engineering drawing shows a 'Long-boiler' locomotive typical of the railways of the north-east of England in the first half of the 19th century. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), mechanical and structural engineer, was the son of George Stephenson (1781-1848), whom he assisted with the survey of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Robert attained independent fame with his designs for (among others) the Britannia Tubular Bridge and the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick (both constructed in 1850).