List of Illustrations
| The Tower Bridge, London, showing the bascules raised. | [ iii] |
| George Stephenson. | [11] |
| “Puffing Billy,” the oldest locomotive engine in existence. | [ 13] |
| James Watt. | [21] |
| Edward Pease. | [ 27] |
| The compound locomotive “Greater Britain.” | [41] |
| Back and front view of the locomotive “Greater Britain.” | [44] |
| The “Flying Dutchman.” | [50] |
| Bell’s “Comet.” | [55] |
| Robert Fulton. | [59] |
| The ice-bound “Britannia” at Boston. | [77] |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel. | [80] |
| The “Great Eastern.” | [83] |
| High and low pressure cylinders of the “Campania’s” engines. | [87] |
| The “Campania.” | [89] |
| Stoke Hole. | [93] |
| Promenade deck of the “Paris.” | [99] |
| Pontypridd Bridge. | [102] |
| The Post Bridge, Dartmoor. | [105] |
| Robert Stephenson. | [111] |
| The Britannia Tubular Bridge. | [115] |
| Victoria Tubular Bridge, Montreal. | [117] |
| The Clifton Bridge. | [122] |
| The Brooklyn Bridge. | [123] |
| The Forth Bridge. | [129] |
| The Thames Tunnel. | [143] |
| Boring machine used for the Mont Cenis Tunnel. | [149] |
| The entrance to the air-lock. | [155] |
| The boring machine used in the preliminary construction of the English Channel Tunnel. | [159] |
ENGINEERS AND THEIR TRIUMPHS.
The Story of the Locomotive.