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Wylam, England George Stephenson (June 9, 1781 - August 12, 1848).
British engineer George Stephenson was born in Wylam, England, several miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne. Inventor of the first steam locomotive engine for railroads. "In 1813, George Stephenson became aware that William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth were designing a locomotive for the Wylam coal mine. So at the age of twenty, George Stephenson began the construction of his first locomotive" "After ten months' labour, George Stephenson's locomotive ...was completed and tested on the Cillingwood Railway on July 25, 1814." read more here: = History of the Railroad = By Mary Bellis, About.com http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventors/a/Stephenson.htm
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