George Stephenson's cottage, Wylam
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George Stephenson's cottage, Wylam
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 5 Feb 2009
Close up of the plaque on front wall. George Stephenson (1781–1848) was an English civil and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives,and he is renowned as being the "Father of Railways" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson He was born in this house by the Wylam Waggonway on 9th June 1781. The engraved image on the plaque is of his successful steam locomotive, The Rocket, built in 1829 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenson%27s_Rocket
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Image Location
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54.979269
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-1.804824