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points for any expansion

a) the inventor of the 'Geordie lamp' (and dispute over priority with the Davy lamp b) Chat Moss / Kilsby tunnel

possibly also what GS's loco improvements were, and his difficulty with L&M survey Rjccumbria 06:55, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Legacy

George Stephenson High School, situated in killingworth, North Tyneside is also named after him.

Hydrogen vs Fire Damp

Apropos of nothing, I assume it would be methane. Chevin 15:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I'm using the terminology of the time.--Old Moonraker 16:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Business dealings

I believe Stephenson was also accused of being involved in some shady business deals in his time, surely the article should mention this. PatGallacher 00:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you could perhaps cite what you say with some evidence it might be something an editor looks into. Unfortunately I don't know anything in particular about what you're intimating, and it might be that nobody else does either. Given it has been 3 months since this topic was flagged for a reason I have yet to see evidence on, I am removing the "neutral" flag unless someone can come up with something.--Koncorde (talk) 18:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Family tree?

The page on George Robert Stephenson (engineer) has this little gem:

Stephenson was born to Robert Stephenson Senior in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was born into a great family of civil engineers, his father was engineer of Pendleton Colliery and Nantlle Railway, his elder brother George Stephenson was a prolific railway engineer as were his uncle George Stephenson and cousin Robert Stephenson.

Has anyone got a brief family tree of the Railway Stephensons? I am having trouble telling all the Georges, Roberts and Robert Georges apart! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.171.3.126 (talk) 12:00, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to Robert Stephenson

The following reference occurs in the article: Robert Stephenson had tried a locomotive on the freight line between Kilmarnock and Troon, in 1815, nine years prior to the Darlington Stockton railway line, however it had proved unsuccessful. Robert was about twelve years old at the time. Is this meant to refer to George? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dposte46 (talk • contribs)

Fixed. Thanks for pointing this out. --Old Moonraker (talk) 11:04, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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