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Robert Stephenson and Company

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Robert Stephenson and Company was the first company in the world built to manufacture steam locomotives, founded in 1823 at Newcastle upon Tyne by George Stephenson and his son Robert. It built the Locomotion for the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the Rocket for the Rainhill trials of 1829, and engines for many early railways in Britain, Europe and America, among them John Bull and Adler. The firm later merged into Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns.

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Founded Year
1823 1
Status
Merged 1
Robert Stephenson and Company
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Adler (locomotive)

Robert Stephenson and Company

John Bull (locomotive)

Robert Stephenson and Company

Locomotion No. 1

Robert Stephenson and Company

Planet (locomotive)

Robert Stephenson and Company
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Adler (locomotive), Vehicles
Source Wikipedia: Adler (Locomotive)
John Bull (locomotive), Vehicles
Source John Bull (locomotive), Wikipedia
Locomotion No. 1, Vehicles
Source Wikipedia, Locomotion No. 1
Planet (locomotive), Vehicles
Source Planet (locomotive) (Wikipedia)
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United Kingdom

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Source Wikipedia: Robert Stephenson and CompanyIntroduction [headquarters-country]
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Newcastle upon Tyne in England
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1. Wikipedia: Robert Stephenson and Company
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    a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823
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    Newcastle upon Tyne in England
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    a locomotive manufacturing company
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Wikipedia, Locomotion No. 1
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Robert Stephenson and Company
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John Bull (locomotive), Wikipedia
Has Vehicles: John Bull (locomotive), Infobox: builder
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Robert Stephenson and Company
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Wikipedia: Adler (Locomotive)
WikipediaHas Vehicles: Adler (locomotive), Infobox: builder
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Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle
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Planet (locomotive) (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Planet (locomotive), Infobox: builder
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Robert Stephenson and Company and others
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