Rocket replica at Rainhill

Title

Rocket replica at Rainhill

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Apr 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Interview with writer and railway enthusiast Hunter Davies, on the life of engineers and designers of the Rocket locomotive George and Robert Stephenson, during an anniversary re-enactment of the Rainhill Trials. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Hunter Davies

Keywords

Anniversary celebrations; Rainhill; Engineers; Trains; Railway engineering; Scientific innovations; Inventors; Anniversaries; Steam locomotives; George Stephenson; Robert Stephenson; The Rocket; Rainhill Trials

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