Rocket replica at Rainhill

Title

Rocket replica at Rainhill

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Interview with a male speaker (not identified - poss. Michael Satow, founder of Locomotion Enterprises) on his company’s building of a replica of George Stephenson’s Rocket locomotive for the National Railway Museum, the origins of the project, and the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Michael Satow?

Keywords

Anniversary celebrations; Rainhill; Trains; Scientific innovations; Anniversaries; Steam locomotives; George Stephenson; Robert Stephenson; The Rocket; Rainhill Trials; Locomotion Enterprises

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