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.