An early steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Company, designed with input from George Stephenson. It won the Rainhill Trials in October 1829, a competition held to choose the motive power for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Its combination of a multi tube boiler and a blastpipe drawing the fire through the tubes became the basic template for steam locomotive design for the following century and a half. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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SignificanceWinner of the Rainhill Trials; its design became the template for steam locomotives for over a century. 1 Manufacturer or BuilderRobert Stephenson and Company 1 FAQs
What did a locomotive have to achieve to win the Rainhill Trials?
Rocket beat the 10 mph over 70 miles requirement by over 40 percent.
Entrants had to meet a trial requirement of averaging 10 mph over 70 miles. Rocket passed that requirement by over 40 percent, which is how it won the competition held to choose the motive power for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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WikipediaOverview
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), held in October 1829 to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines.
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Stephenson's Rocket
Rainhill trials
Rocket passed the trial requirement of achieving an average speed of 10 mph (16 km/h) over 70 miles (110 km) by over 40 percent.
Boiler
Rocket uses a multi-tubular boiler design.
- Invented By: George Stephenson
- Exemplifies: Rail Transport
View the Source World History Encyclopedia: Stephenson's Rocket
World History EncyclopediaIn Group: British Pioneer Steam Locomotives, Opening paragraphQuote, In Group: British Pioneer Steam Locomotives, Opening paragraph
The Rocket was a pioneering steam-powered locomotive invented in 1829 by the British engineer Robert Stephenson (1803-1859).
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