George Stephenson's Birthplace
| George Stephenson's Birthplace | |
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National Trust | |
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 George Stephenson's cottage | |
| Grid reference: | NZ12676503 |
| Location: | 54°58’45"N, 1°48’17"W |
| Built c. 1750 | |
| Information | |
| Website: | George Stephenson's Birthplace |
George Stephenson's Birthplace is an 18th-century stone cottage on the north bank of the River Tyne in the village of Wylam in Northumberland. It was the home of George Stephenson, the pioneer of the practical steam locomotive and thus the father of the railways.
The cottage is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public as a historic house museum. The house also features exhibits about Stephenson's Rocket, an early steam locomotive. The Museum has a small tearoom.
The House was built around 1750[1] and is a Grade II* listed building.[2] When George Stephenson was born, in 1781, there would have been four families living in this humble cottage of two storeys.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about George Stephenson's Birthplace) |
- George Stephenson's Birthplace - National Trust
References
- ↑ Visit North East
- ↑ Keys to the Past
- ↑ Timbs, John (1860). Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts: a book for old and young. Kent. pp. 290–295. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iGAJAAAAIAAJ.