George Stephenson's Invention

George Stephenson

George Stephenson was born on June 9, 1781, in England. He was very ambitious and was always fascinated by machinery.

First Locomotive

George Stephenson was impressed by the work done by William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth, so he to wanted to try to build railway engine. In 1813, he started to design to his first locomotive.

The Blucher Hauls Coal

 So, in 1814 he built the Blucher.  It was his first locomotive for hauling coal at Killingworth Colliery. It wasn’t the best railway engine but it helped him to improve his design and built more advanced engine.

George Stephenson also invented a safe lamp in 1815. The lamp he invented would not explode even if we used around the flammable gasses that could be found in the coal mines.　

First Public Railways

 In 1821, he was given approval to built railway between Stockton and Darlington.  And in 1825, he started the first public railway.

By; Jyoti KC

References
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stephenson_george.shtml　
http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventors/a/Stephenson.htm