George Buse Research Paper
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848). Who is he? What has he done? Why should he be remembered? These are all good questions along with, why was he important in the industrial revolution?
George Stephenson was commonly referred to as the ‘Father of Railways’. In 1814 he creates the first viable locomotive. At a speed of only 4mp/h (6km/h), though slower than a horse, it’s eight wagons could carry a weight of 30 tonnes.
Born in 1781 to illiterate parents, George grew up for strong and sturdy. His father was a worker at the local coal mine. By the age of 10 George was driving the horses that carried the carried the coal carriages on the tramway going past his home. He progresses to working the machines that lift miners up and
down the mine. At 17 George finds a job as an engine man and starts paying for his own night school education. By 18 he was able to read, write and do arithmetic.
George Stephenson was commonly referred to as the ‘Father of Railways’. In 1814 he creates the first viable locomotive. At a speed of only 4mp/h (6km/h), though slower than a horse, it’s eight wagons could carry a weight of 30 tonnes.
Born in 1781 to illiterate parents, George grew up for strong and sturdy. His father was a worker at the local coal mine. By the age of 10 George was driving the horses that carried the carried the coal carriages on the tramway going past his home. He progresses to working the machines that lift miners up and
down the mine. At 17 George finds a job as an engine man and starts paying for his own night school education. By 18 he was able to read, write and do arithmetic.