. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . andmany other firms were by this time turn-ing their attention to making locomo-tives. THE LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The ancient city of Manchester, the opinion about what form of power wasmost suitable ior operating it. The learnedconsulting civil engineers favored theuse of stationary engines with rope trac-tion, George Stephenson, who had beenengineer of construction, with otherpractical men, advocated the use of loco-motiv(;s. After several months of inde-cision the directors of the
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . andmany other firms were by this time turn-ing their attention to making locomo-tives. THE LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The ancient city of Manchester, the opinion about what form of power wasmost suitable ior operating it. The learnedconsulting civil engineers favored theuse of stationary engines with rope trac-tion, George Stephenson, who had beenengineer of construction, with otherpractical men, advocated the use of loco-motiv(;s. After several months of inde-cision the directors of the company de-termined to try locomotives and offered aprize of £500 ($2,500) for an engine thatwould fulfil certain requirements. RAINHILL COMPETITION TESTS. Three engines were entered to contestfor the prize, all of them decided de-partures from the prevailing grasshoppertypes. The Rocket, built under thesupervision of Robert Stephenson, wonthe prize. A series of very thoroughtests was made at Rainhill, near Liver-pool, and the Rocket was the only en-gine that went through the trials without.
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