George Stephenson's railway letters

Stephenson (mainly George) discusses topics such as manufacture, surveying, job prospects and tunnelling beneath Liverpool (Wapping Tunnel). Conversation also turns to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, Nantlle Railway, Stockton and Darlington Railway, North Midlands Railway and Manchester and Leeds Railway. Letters are addressed to Thomas Richardson, Michael Longridge and Thomas Gooch (Manchester and Leeds Railway).

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