Robert Stephenson's Victoria Bridge, Lower Canada—Illness and Death—The Stephenson Characteristics.
Robert Stephenson's gradual Retirement from the profession of Engineer.—His Tubular Bridge over the Nile.—Railways in Canada.—Proposed Bridge at Montreal.—A Tubular Bridge proposed.—Robert Stephenson appointed Engineer.—Design of the Victoria Bridge.—The Piers.—Getting in of the Foundations.—Progress of the Works.—Erection of the Tubes.—Scene at the breaking-up of the Ice in 1858.—The Night-work.—Erection of main central Tube.—Completion of the Works.—Robert Stephenson in Parliament.—His Opinion of the Suez Canal.—His Honors.—Launch of the Great Eastern.—Last Illness and Death.—The Stephenson Characteristics.—Conclusion.[474]
Index[497]
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]
| PAGE | |
| Portrait of George Stephenson | [to face Title Page.] |
| Portrait of Trevithick | [46] |
| Tyne Coal-staith | [49] |
| Flange-rail | [50] |
| Cugnot's Steam-carriage | [62] |
| Murdock's Model Locomotive | [66] |
| Symington's Model Steam-carriage | [69] |
| Oliver Evans's Model Locomotive | [70] |
| Trevithick's Tram-engine | [81] |
| High-Level Bridge, Newcastle | [96] |
| Map of Newcastle District | [98] |
| Wylam | [103] |
| High-Street House, Wylam | [104] |
| Colliery Wagons | [110] |
| Newburn | [111] |
| Colliery Gin | [120] |
| Stephenson's Cottage at Willington Quay | [121] |
| Stephenson's Signature | [123] |
| West Moor Colliery | [127] |
| Killingworth High Pit | [136] |
| Glebe Farm-house, Benton | [137] |
| Rutter's School-house at Long Benton | [140] |
| Bruce's School, Newcastle | [142] |
| Stephenson's Cottage, West Moor | [146] |
| Sun-dial, Killingworth | [149] |
| Colliers' Cottages, Long Benton | [151] |
| Blenkinsop's Leeds Engine | [155] |
| The Wylam Engine | [160] |
| Spur-gear | [164] |
| Killingworth Locomotive (Section) | [168] |
| Colliery Whimsey | [174] |
| Pit-head, West Moor | [177] |
| Davy's and Stephenson's Safety-lamps | [187] |
| Literary and Philosophical Institute, Newcastle | [189] |
| The Stephenson Tankard | [197] |
| Half-lap Joint | [200] |
| Old Killingworth Locomotive | [201] |
| West Moor Pit, Killingworth | [214] |
| Portrait of Edward Pease | [223] |
| Map of Stockton and Darlington Railway | [224] |
| Opening of Stockton and Darlington Railway | [238] |
| The First Railway Coach | [241] |
| No. 1 Engine at Darlington | [244] |
| Middlesborough-on-Tees | [246] |
| Map of Liverpool and Manchester Railway | [250-1] |
| Surveying on Chat Moss | [264] |
| Olive Mount Cutting | [291] |
| Sankey Viaduct | [292] |
| Baiting-place at Sankey | [295] |
| Chat Moss—Works in progress | [299] |
| Robert Stephenson's Cottage at Santa Anna | [306] |
| The "Rocket" | [321] |
| Locomotive Competition at Rainhill | [324] |
| Railway versus Road | [328] |
| Map of Leicester and Swannington Railway | [343] |
| Alton Grange | [346] |
| Portrait of Robert Stephenson | [347] |
| Map of London and Birmingham Railway | [354] |
| Blisworth Cutting | [355] |
| Shafts, Kilsby Tunnel | [357] |
| Kilsby Tunnel (North end) | [363] |
| Dutton Viaduct | [366] |
| Littleborough Tunnel (West entrance) | [368] |
| Littleborough Tunnel (Walsden end) | [369] |
| Map of Midland Railway | [370] |
| Land-slip, Ambergate | [372] |
| Bull Bridge | [373] |
| Coalville and Snibston Colliery | [391] |
| Tapton House | [392] |
| Lime-works, Ambergate | [394] |
| Forth-Street Works, Newcastle | [396] |
| Claycross Works | [420] |
| Newcastle from High-Level Bridge | [421] |
| Royal Border Bridge, Berwick | [429] |
| Elevation and Plan of Arch, High-Level Bridge | [435] |
| Railway at Penmaen Mawr | [440] |
| Map of Menai Strait; Britannia Bridge | [442] |
| Construction of Britannia Tube on Staging | [450] |
| Conway Bridge | [451] |
| Menai Bridge | [456] |
| Floating First Tube, Conway Bridge | [459] |
| View in Tapton Gardens | [460] |
| Footpath to Tapton House | [465] |
| Trinity Church, Chesterfield | [471] |
| Tablet in Trinity Church | [473] |
| Victoria Bridge, Montreal | [474] |
| Elevation of Pier, Victoria Bridge | [478] |
| Works in Progress, Victoria Bridge | [480] |
| Erection of the Main Central Tube, Victoria Bridge | [483] |
| Stephenson Memorial Schools, Willington | [496] |
