At Science Museum, South Kensington, special exhibition was opened in connection with centenary of famous Rainhill locomotive trials on Liverpool and Manchester Railway in October, 1829; four engines were entered for this competition; Rocket by George and Robert Stephenson and Henry Booth; Sans Pareil by Timothy Hackworth; Novelty by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson; and Perseverance by Timothy Burstall. (see also Engineer, vol. 148, no. 3847, Oct. 4, 1929, p. 362)
Rainhill locomotive trials centenary exhibition
Engineering
Engineering ; 128 , n 3313
1929
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