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Old 01-17-14, 11:22 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
Trevithick overlooked again. Stephenson may have built his first steam locomotive in 1814, but it wasn't the first, Trevithick beat him by a decade.
Nor the second nor the third. Stephenson's real fame came from building the first inter-city railway line, the Liverpool & Manchester, which opened in 1830.
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